how to pronounce plantain

/ˈplæntən/

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plantain is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of plantain in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the darker the plantain the sweeter it …”

meanings of plantain

noun:

A plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.

plantain frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word plantain occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics plantain can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that plantain can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;