A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics.
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Examples for "plantain"
Examples for "plantain"
1Of the yield of the plantain we possess much more accurate information.
2The plantain shoots up its bunch of fruit erect towards the heavens.
3Fry plantain for about 1 minute then remove them from the pot.
4A young man sells plantain chips in traffic jam at Marina Lagos.
5We also saw several plantain leaves and cocoa-nuts pass by the ship.
1One of the most important trees in the West Indies is the plantain tree.
2The world is like a plantain tree, without enduring strength.
3He trembles as a plantain tree tossed up by tempest.
4Do you know what the plantain tree is, the tree, with the big sprawling leaves?
5There is a fine plantain tree.
1Of the pisang, or plantain ( Musa paradisiaca, L.) the natives reckon above twenty varieties, including the banana of the West Indies.
Translations for Musa paradisiaca