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plantain vs banana

banana vs plantain

plantain and banana both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plantain Yes No No No
banana Yes No No No
As nouns, banana is a hypernym of plantain; that is, banana is a word with a broader meaning than plantain:
  • plantain: a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
  • banana: any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
Other hypernyms of plantain include banana tree.
plantain (noun) banana (noun)
starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
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
Difference between plantain and banana

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