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Meanings of plantain in English
Portuguese
plantago A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics.
Usage of plantain in English
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.
6
Banana and plantain trees were burdened with great bunches of ripening fruit.
7
So things like bananas, plantain and sweet potato, that sort of thing.
8
Our breakfast consists of turtle eggs, bread fruit, plantain and cocoanut milk.
9
Kidney Trouble, an Easily Prepared Remedy for.-Steepplantain leaves into strong tea.
10
It can't be plantain, after all: there is none growing about here.
11
Motherwort, catnip, plantain, tansy, wild mustard,-whata homely human look they have!
12
No fruit is so easily cultivated as are the varieties of the plantain.
13
Once rooted it is as hard to eradicate as plantain and red sorrel.
14
They use the leaf of the plantain or other trees as a substitute.
15
But Professor Kuntze pays especial attention to the banana, or plantain.
16
We found the guard fighting over their beef and plantain dinner.
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Plantain through the time
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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