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plantain
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[ noun ] (botany) a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
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[ 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
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
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