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plantains

plantains is the plural of plantain.

Meaning of plantain

Noun (1)

plantain (plural plantains)

  1. Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") 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.
    • The roots of Plantain and Pellitory of Spain beaten to powder and put into hollow teeth, takes away the pains of them.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 225
    Synonyms:
    waybread, fleawort

Noun (2)

plantain (plural plantains)

  1. A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
  2. The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
    • We were sitting at the tables in the port, eating an unhurried breakfast of delicious mojarra fish from the swamp and slices of fried green plantain, when my mother resumed the offensive in her personal war.2002, Edith Grossman, transl., chapter 1, in Living to Tell the Tale, translation of Vivir para contarla by Gabriel García Márquez

Phrases with plantains

Questions about plantains

What is plantains the plural of?
Plantains is the plural of plantain.

Words near plantains in the dictionary

  1. plantain tree
  2. plantain water
  3. plantain-eater
  4. plantain-eaters
  5. plantainleaf sedge
  6. plantains
  7. plantal
  8. plantane
  9. plantanes
  10. plantar
  11. plantar fascia

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