plátano

Definitions of plátano
  1. noun
    elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
    synonyms: banana
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    type of:
    fruta
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
  2. noun
    starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
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    type of:
    hortaliza, verdura
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
  3. noun
    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
    synonyms: banana, bananero, banano, cambur, platanero
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    types:
    abacá
    Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
    type of:
    planta herbácea
    a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
  4. noun
    any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
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    type of:
    árbol
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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