plantains in English

noun
1
a low-growing plant that typically has a rosette of leaves and a slender green flower spike, widely growing as a weed in lawns.
What girl child has not, during the warm summer months of her youth, played in the out of doors making weed soup from plantain leaves, grass, marigolds, any green or blooming thing.
2
a banana containing high levels of starch and little sugar, harvested green and widely used as a cooked vegetable in the tropics.
The Gabonese produce enough bananas, plantains , sugar, and soap to export to nearby cities, but 90 percent of the food is imported.
3
the plant that bears the plantain fruit.
Tree trunks of green banana or plantain stood in ranks, some as tall as me.

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1. Overly ripe plAntains work best for this recipe.

2. Have you ever had the fried plantains here?

3. Learn more about plAntains, their uses, and their history.

4. But she makes these amazing plantains and sings him Jimmy Cliff songs.

5. Fried plAntains are a traditional treat in many parts of the world

6. Most common among the street merchants is the platanero, a seller of plantains.

7. Musa is one of two or three genera in the family Musaceae; it includes bananas and plantains.

8. Bubbas take on a Cuban sandwich - carnitas, ham, swiss cheese, yellow mustard, pickles, fresh cut fries and smashed sweet plantains

9. The island now exports sugarcane, coffee, plantains, and citrus fruits, although manufacturing and service industries account for much of the economy today.

10. Halfway through my first Arepa, one stuffed with black beans, beef, plantains, and salty cheese, I vowed to learn how to make these at home

11. Achiote, thai chiles, country style bread, garlic cloves, reduced sodium soy sauce and 7 more Carne Colorada {Achiote Marinated Meat} Laylita's Recipes salt, plantains, red onion, salad, yuca, garlic cloves, salt and 15 more

12. Green Banana Blaff or Green Plantain Blaff Green Plantains Blaff is plantain cooked in a mixture of water, lime juice, garlic and fresh herbs, and hot pepper, which by definition, a Blaff is a popular way of cooking

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14. One of the most typical foods of Angola and our favorite dish in Angolan Cuisine, is the mufete, The dish is a combination of grilled fish, beans with palm oil, boiled plantains, boiled sweet potato, cassava flour and the mufete sauce (a sauce with chopped onion, tomato, bell pepper, lemon, and olive oil).