Plantain
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Plantain may refer to:
Plants and fruits
[edit]- Cooking banana, banana cultivars in the genus Musa whose fruits are generally used in cooking
- True plantains, a group of cultivars of the genus Musa
- Plantaginaceae, a family of flowering plants known as plantains
- Plantago, a genus of Plantaginaceae
- Platanus, a genus of trees formerly known as plantains
Other uses
[edit]- Plantain Garden River, in Jamaica
- Plantain River, a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in L'Île-d'Anticosti, Quebec, Canada
- James Plaintain (fl. 1720–1728), a pirate active in the Indian Ocean
- Plantain mosa, a Nigerian snack which is a component of small chops
See also
[edit]- Banana (disambiguation)
- Fried plantain, a dish made from plantains
- List of banana cultivars
- Hosta, or plantain lily