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