Plānt'ain-tree, n.

noun

[Fr. plantain, plantanier, from Sp. platano. Cf. supra.] (Bot.) An endogenous tropical tree of the genus Musa, the most remarkable species of which are the M. paradisiaca, or banana, and the M. sapientum, or plantain. The plantain rises, with a soft stem, fifteen or twenty feet high, and the fruit is a substitute for bread.

A plantain tree with broad leaves and a hanging cluster of fruit. — Plantain Tree (*Musa sapientum*).