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plantain tree

DEFINITIONS OF: plantain tree

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n a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics

Synonyms:
Musa paradisiaca, plantain
Type of:
banana, banana tree
any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
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