Plantain

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Definitions:

Noun

plantain

Definition: 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

plantain plantain tree Musa paradisiaca

Definition: a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics

plantain

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

Definition: A plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.

Definition: A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.