Definition of plantain

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Definition of plantain

  • a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. musa paradisiaca
    2. plantain tree
  • 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 (noun)
  • starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics (noun)

See definition of plantain in Merriam Webster