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