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plantain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | musa paradisiaca, plantain tree |
| Type of | banana tree, banana |
plantain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
Examples of plantain
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Add tortilla, bread, plantain mixture and cook for 10 minutes while mixing well.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Fufu is basically pounded cassava or pounded yam pounded together with plantain.
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A place to sip Pisco sours and dip plantain chips into decidedly fussy ceviche.
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The caterpillars eat vital crops, including banana, plantain, coffee and cocoa.
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Dark-skinned men hawk piles of plantain, bananas and sugar cane on the streets.
From the couriermail.com.au
They have descended to devour crops including banana, plantain, cocoa, and coffee.
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They can also be sliced vertically to create a variation known as plantain strips.
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In Ghana, it substitutes plantain in making Fufu when plantains are out of season.
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Up to 70% of the plantain crop, a chief food in the country's diet, was destroyed.
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- 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
- A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
- Starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
- A plantain, or cooking plantain, (/u02C8plu00E6ntu1D7Bn/, US /plu00E6nu02C8teu026An/, UK /u02C8plu0251u02D0ntu1D7Bn/) is one of the less sweet cultivated varieties (cultivars) of the genus Musa whose fruit is also known as a banana...
- (Plantains (Platanos)) A member of the banana family that is always used cooked. The fruit has a sweet, banana-like flavor and a brownish-black skin when ripe. It can be served either savory or sweet.
- (Plantains () Central American): They are served like a yam or sweet potato with a main course. They can also be dried, baked, deep-fried like potato chips and often used as a salad or snack food or as a staple side dish.
- (Plantains) Similar to bananas. Can be bought in the fresh produce sections at grocery stores or markets.
- (Plantains) They are a popular Latin American vegetable. They are very hard and starchy, have a mildly banana flavor and are not very sweet. They are generally cooked like potatoes. Plantains can be fried, boiled, mashed, stuffed and grilled. ...
- (Plantains) look like very large bananas. They should always be eaten cooked. Unripe plantains are green and very firm. As they ripen they turn a yellow orange color, much more orange than a regular banana. Then they turn black and become very soft, even mushy. ...
