American English pronunciation
How to pronounce plantain
IPA transcription: [p'læntən]
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Noun
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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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a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
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starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
Usage examples
- Dominant crops include plantains, cassava, peanuts, chillis, and okra.
- Coconut palm, breadfruit, plantain, sago palm, and sugar cane are grown.
- Throughout the department, there are many sugar cane, plantain, tobacco, and other crop plantations.
- It is often made with cassava and green Plantain Flour.
- The plumage of go-away-birds and plantain-eaters is mainly grey and white.