Plantain may refer to:
Plants and fruits
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Cooking banana
Cooking bananas are a group of banana cultivars in the genus ''Musa (genus), Musa'' whose fruits are generally used in cooking. They are not eaten raw and are generally starchy. Many cooking bananas are referred to as plantains or 'green bananas ...
, banana cultivars in the genus ''Musa'' whose fruits are generally used in cooking
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True plantains
True plantains are a group of cultivars of the genus '' Musa'' ( bananas and plantains) placed in the African Plantain subgroup of the AAB chromosome group. Although "AAB" and "true plantain" are often used interchangeably, plantains are the m ...
, a group of cultivars of the genus ''Musa''
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Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family or veronica family, is a large, diverse family (biology), family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as Antirrhinum, snapdragon and Digitalis, foxglove. It is unrelated ...
'', a family of flowering plants known as ''plantains''
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Plantago
''Plantago'' is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, commonly called plantains or fleaworts. The common name plantain is shared with the unrelated cooking plantain. Most are herbaceous plants, though a ...
'', a genus of ''Plantaginaceae''
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Platanus
''Platanus'' ( ) is a genus consisting of a small number of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae.
All mature members of ''Platanus'' are tall, reaching in height. The type ...
'', a genus of trees formerly known as ''plantains''
Other uses
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Plantain Garden River
The Plantain Garden River is a river in the parish of St Thomas on the island of Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater ...
, in Jamaica
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Plantain River
The Plantain River (''French: Rivière Plantain'') is a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, flowing in the municipality of L'Île-d'Anticosti, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in prov ...
, a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in L'Île-d'Anticosti, Quebec, Canada
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James Plaintain
James Plaintain (fl. 1720–1728, John or James, last name also Plantain) was a pirate active in the Indian Ocean. He is best known for using his pirate wealth to found a short-lived kingdom in Madagascar.
History
Plantain was English, born in ...
(fl. 1720–1728), a pirate active in the Indian Ocean
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Plantain mosa
Plantain mosa is a Nigerian snack which is a component of small chops. Other components of small chops include grilled chicken, spring roll, samosa and puff puff.
Mosa is similar to the Ghanaian Tatale except that it is made with over-ripe plan ...
, a Nigerian snack which is a component of small chops
See also
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Banana (disambiguation)
Banana is the common name for flowering plants of the genus ''Musa'' and for the fruit they produce.
Banana or bananas may also refer to:
In nature
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''Ensete ventricosum'', commonly known as enset or ensete, Ethiopian b ...
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Fried plantain
Fried plantain is a dish cooked wherever plantains grow, from West Africa to East Africa as well as Central America, the tropical region of northern South America and the Caribbean countries like Haiti to Cuba and in many parts of Southeast A ...
, a dish made from plantains
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List of banana cultivars
The following is a list of banana cultivars and the groups into which they are classified. Almost all modern cultivated varieties ( cultivars) of edible bananas and plantains are hybrids and polyploids of two wild, seeded banana species, '' ...
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Hosta
''Hosta'' (, synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Funkia'') is a genus of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name gibōshi. Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants. The genus is placed ...
'', or plantain lily
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