plantain
nounHow many syllables in plantain?
There are 2 syllables in the word plantain.How to pronounce plantain:
Definition of plantain:
- plantain (noun):
- starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics.
- any of a genus (plantago of the family plantaginaceae, the plantain family) of herbs with basal rosettes of usually lanceolate or elliptical leaves and spikes of minute greenish flowers
Synonyms for plantain:
musa paradisiaca
plantain tree
vegetable
veggie
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