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Meaning of plantain

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  plantain
      n 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
      2: a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular
         greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics [syn:
         {plantain}, {plantain tree}, {Musa paradisiaca}]
      3: starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple
         vegetable throughout the tropics

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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