plantain
1a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
its fruit, eaten cooked as a staple food in tropical regions.
Origin of plantain
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Other definitions for plantain (2 of 2)
any plant of the genus Plantago, especially P. major, a weed with large, spreading leaves close to the ground and long, slender spikes of small flowers.
Origin of plantain
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How to use plantain in a sentence
Strain into a Collins glass filled with ice and garnish with a semi peeled baby plantain.
It is a simple Puerto Rican cow's milk cheese called queso de hoja and it is wrapped in a plantain leaf.
Add plantain slices and fry for 15 minutes but do not brown.
Cuban Sandwich Casserole and "Mofongo" Turkey | The Daily Beast | December 23, 2008 | THE DAILY BEASTCrush a portion of the fried plantain slices and add the chopped turkey.
Cuban Sandwich Casserole and "Mofongo" Turkey | The Daily Beast | December 23, 2008 | THE DAILY BEASTThe plant from which is made what is called Manila hemp belongs to the same family as the banana and the plantain.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
How, or when, or why the plant lost its old English names to take the Latin name of plantain, it is hard to say.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeBut the plantain did not long sustain its high reputation, which even in Shakespeare's time had become much diminished.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeAlisma, al-iz′ma, n. a small genus of aquatic plants, the chief being the common water-plantain.
Though this plantain is inferior in quality to most of the others it affords great subsistence to the natives.
A Voyage to the South Sea | William Bligh
British Dictionary definitions for plantain (1 of 2)
/ (ˈplæntɪn) /
any of various N temperate plants of the genus Plantago, esp P. major (great plantain), which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae: See also ribwort
Origin of plantain
1British Dictionary definitions for plantain (2 of 2)
/ (ˈplæntɪn) /
a large tropical musaceous plant, Musa paradisiaca
the green-skinned banana-like fruit of this plant, eaten as a staple food in many tropical regions
Origin of plantain
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