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Noun: plantain tree  plan-tin tree
  1. A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
    - plantain, Musa paradisiaca

Derived forms: plantain trees

Type of: banana, banana tree

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