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| 1. | [ noun ] (botany) a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics | |
| Synonyms: | Musa_paradisiaca plantain_tree | |
| Related terms: | banana | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) 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 | |
| Related terms: | herb broad-leaved_plantain hoary_plantain hoary_plantain fleawort rugel's_plantain English_plantain Plantago | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics | |
| Related terms: | vegetable | |
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