plantain - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • include: In addition the Spanish introduced many aspects of their own cuisine when passing through including plantains, ginger and oranges.
  • do: Do plantains grow at random in the school field?
  • peel: Peel the plantains and cut crossways into 3 pieces.
  • float: Current status Floating water plantain is found only in Europe.
  • find: Peter found plantain on the wicket and got his knife out to remove it.

Adjective modifier

  • hoary: Pyramidal orchid, dwarf thistle, together with hoary plantain, a pretty relative of a common lawn weed, are seen.
  • fried: Who does not like fried plantains, or a pattie, a crab salad, or Guinness punch?
  • floating: It has the most prolific population in the UK of the floating water plantain; a rare plant which has legal protection.
  • great: A large number of insects are found on greater plantain some of which feed on it.
  • green: The beans are wrapped in large green plantain leaves to form envelopes.
  • large: The beans are wrapped in large green plantain leaves to form envelopes.

Modifies a noun

  • leave: Getting back to nature in style - elegant vegetarian meals are served on plantain leaves.
  • chip: There are a couple of offerings for veggies, good plantain chips and fantastic African wines.
  • leaf: Figure 3: Plantain leaf showing various stages of black sigatoka lesion development.
  • slice: Add the plantain slices and leave for 20 minutes.
  • salad: When I tucked into my starter, a plantain salad, my tastebuds gave a yelp of delight it was so novel an experience.

Noun used with modifier

  • ribwort: Ribwort plantain seeds may germinate in the autumn of production or early the following year.
  • buck's-horn: Among the short turf, fine grasses, sea plantain, buck's-horn plantain, sea pink and spring squill are prominent.
  • sea: Among the short turf, fine grasses, sea plantain, buck's-horn plantain, sea pink and spring squill are prominent.
  • water: Current status Floating water plantain is found only in Europe.

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