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plantain
1[ plan-tin, -tn ]
noun
- a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
- its fruit, eaten cooked as a staple food in tropical regions.
plantain
2[ plan-tin, -tn ]
noun
- 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.
plantain
1/ ˈæԳɪ /
noun
- 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
plantain
2/ ˈæԳɪ /
noun
- 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
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of plantain1
Origin of plantain2
Example Sentences
It was usually served with fried plantain, the spicy black pepper sauce "shito", boiled eggs, and sometimes even spaghetti or fried fish.
The US island territory's red, white and blue flag adorns homes and businesses, and the sounds of salsa and reggaetón boom from passing cars and restaurants selling fried plantains and spit-roasted pork.
The 11 ingredients in the book — beans, calabaza, cassava, chayote, coconut, cornmeal, okra, plantains, rice, salted cod and scotch bonnet peppers — are all inherently Caribbean ingredients.
She slings a huge bunch of the fruit on her back and begins the walk home from her chaco - the patch of land where she grows cassava, corn, plantains and rice.
At its center, a substantial orb of fufu sits, a pale gold plantain mash formed into a plump dumpling.
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