Plantain
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Plantain may refer to:
- Cooking banana, banana cultivars in the genus Musa whose fruits are generally used in cooking
- True plantains, banana cultivars belonging to the Plantain subgroup of the AAB genome group
- Plantago or plantains, a genus of about 200 species of small, inconspicuous plants, the majority of which are widely considered weeds
- Hosta, also known as plantain lily, a widely cultivated foliage plant
People
- James Plaintain, early 18th century pirate who started a colony and trading post on Madagascar, styling himself "King of Ranter Bay"
Places
- Plantain Garden River in the parish of St Thomas on the island of Jamaica
- Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone, along the south side of the island of Hispaniola, where the Dominican Republic and Haiti are
See also
- Banana (disambiguation)
- Fried plantain, a dish made from plantains
- List of banana cultivars
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