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plátano

Plural: plátanos

Language: Spanish

Description: Banana. Plantain. The long, usually yellow fruit of a tropical tree, sometimes red or green, which grows in bunches. It has sweet dense flesh which discolours quickly.


plátano
Two lovely cheerful banana ladies at Mercat de la Boqueria in Barcelona

Pronounced: PLAH-tah-nohs
Latin: Musa x paradisiaca
Ethnicity: Mexican, Spanish
Most frequent country: Mexico, Spain

See places: Spanish food and cuisine, Mexican food and cuisine

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