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A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain.
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A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.
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A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.
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Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world.
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The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.
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An inclosure or yard for grapevines; a plantation of vines producing grapes.
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A plantation laid out.
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A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa.
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Of or pertaining to the sole of the foot; as, the plantar arteries.
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Belonging to plants; as, plantal life.
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The common dooryard plantain (Plantago major).
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A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
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The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata).
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The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked.
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That which is planted; a plantation.
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A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.
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A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain quite soft in a wooden mortar.
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Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus Turacus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers.
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The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.
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A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.
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