Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Plantain cutter}, or {Plantain eater} (Zo["o]l.), any one of
      several large African birds of the genus {Musophaga}, or
      family {Musophagid[ae]}, especially {Musophaga violacea}.
      See {Turaco}. They are allied to the cuckoos.

   {Plantain squirrel} (Zo["o]l.), a Java squirrel ({Sciurus
      plantani}) which feeds upon plantains.

   {Plantain tree} (Bot.), the treelike herb {Musa paradisiaca}.
      See def. 1 (above).

Source : WordNet®

plantain tree
     n : a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular
         greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics [syn: {plantain},
          {Musa paradisiaca}]