Hyphenation of plantain

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word plantain? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

plan-tain

Definitions of plantain:

1.	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
2.	A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits Tropics and subtropics
3.	Starchy banana-like fruit Eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics

Synonyms of plantain:

noun	herb, herbaceous plant
noun	plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca, banana, banana tree
noun	vegetable, veggie

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