plantain




plantain - noun

  • any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
  • a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
  • starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
  • plantain - thesaurus


    View spelling list -ain saying /in/ and learn about the word plantain in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 31. Word endings:-ture, -tain, ine.

    Scrabble score for plantain

    p is 3 l is 1 a is 1 n is 1 t is 1 a is 1 i is 1 n is 1
    Scrabble score = 10

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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