Plantain

['plæntɪn;-teɪn] or ['plæntɪn]

Definition

(noun.) starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics.

(noun.) a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics.

(noun.) any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally.

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Definition

(n.) A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa.

(n.) The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked.

(n.) Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world.

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Definition

n. an important food-plant of tropical countries so called from its broad leaf: a common roadside plant of several species with broad leaves and seed-bearing spikes.—Plantain eater one of a family of African arboreal vegetarian Pie-like birds.

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