plantain tree : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: plantain tree	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for plantain tree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plantain tree n a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics Synonym(s): plantain, plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Plantain cutter}, [or] {Plantain eater} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large African birds of the genus {Musophaga}, or family {Musophagid[91]}, especially {Musophaga violacea}. See {Turaco}. They are allied to the cuckoos. {Plantain squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a Java squirrel ({Sciurus plantani}) which feeds upon plantains. {Plantain tree} (Bot.), the treelike herb {Musa paradisiaca}. See def. 1 (above).