plantain2

 
Pronunciation: /ˈplantɪn, -teɪn/

noun

  • 1a banana containing high levels of starch and little sugar, which is harvested green and widely used as a cooked vegetable in the tropics.
  • 2the plant which bears the plantain.
    • Musa × paradisiaca, family Musaceae

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Spanish plá(n)tano, probably by assimilation of a South American word to the Spanish plá(n)tano 'plane tree'