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1. plantain
noun. ['ˈplæntən'] starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics.
Synonyms
- plantain tree
- Musa paradisiaca
- veggie
- vegetable
Etymology
- plantano (Spanish)
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Rhymes with Plantain
- vanzanten
- scranton
- atlantan
- stanton
- spanton
- glanton
- clanton
- branton
- blanton
- tanton
- santon
- panton
- manton
- hanten
- fanton
- danton
- canton
- banton
How do you pronounce plantain?
Pronounce plantain as ˈplæntən.
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Sentences with plantain
1. Noun, singular or mass
They come from the exact same plant -- the plantain is just the green, unripened fruit.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
In addition to those macronutrients, plantain chips have a range of essential vitamins and minerals.
2. plantain-leaved_pussytoes
noun. a variety of pussytoes.
Synonyms
- cat's feet
- cat's foot
- Antennaria dioica
3. plantain
noun. ['ˈplæntən'] 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.
Synonyms
- herb
- Plantago major
- ripple-grass
- ribgrass
- Plantago virginica
- ribwort
- genus Plantago
- psyllium
- hoary plantain
- English plantain
- Plantago
- Spanish psyllium
- Plantago psyllium
- Plantago media
- narrow-leaved plantain
- rugel's plantain
- buckthorn
- cart-track plant
- common plantain
- broad-leaved plantain
- whiteman's foot
- herbaceous plant
- Plantago lanceolata
- Plantago rugelii
- fleawort
Etymology
- plantano (Spanish)
4. plantain
noun. ['ˈplæntən'] a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics.
Synonyms
- banana tree
- plantain tree
- Musa paradisiaca
Etymology
- plantano (Spanish)