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plantain Definition
(n)
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
(n)
a
banana
tree
bearing
hanging
clusters
of
edible
angular
greenish
starchy
fruits
;
tropics
and
subtropics
(n)
starchy
banana
-
like
fruit
;
eaten
(
always
cooked
)
as
a
staple
vegetable
throughout
the
tropics
plantain Synonyms
Musa paradisiaca
plantain
plantain tree
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