Synonyms of PLANTAINS

noun

1. 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

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2. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics

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   Also: plantain tree, musa paradisiaca.

3. starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics

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