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plantain water

plantain water noun: a drink made from the plantain plant.

Noun

plantain water (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A drink made from the plantain plant.
    • This was not the case with Sancho Panza, whose belly being well replenished, and that not with plantane water, made but one nap of the whole night […].1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.8
    • For those who judge the efficacy of a mouthwash by its unpleasant taste, a rather nauseous remedy can be made from four ounces each of rose-water and plantain-water, an ounce of honey of roses […]1952, Carroll Camden, Elizabethan Women

Questions about plantain water

What does plantain water mean?
Plantain water means a drink made from the plantain plant.
What part of speech is plantain water?
Plantain water is a noun.

Words near plantain water in the dictionary

  1. plantain lilies
  2. plantain lily
  3. plantain moth
  4. plantain moths
  5. plantain tree
  6. plantain water
  7. plantain-eater
  8. plantain-eaters
  9. plantainleaf sedge
  10. plantains
  11. plantal

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