plantain

Plantain has 2 syllables: plan · tain.

noun. A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics.

noun. 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.

noun. Starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics.