Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In countries settled by the Spanish, the common name of the banana and plantain (Musa paradisiaca and M. sapientum). In Porto Rico the name is especially applied to the starchy plantains, which must be cooked before they can be eaten, the sweet bananas being called
guinéos .
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Examples
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The fruit of the third kind of platano, the _Platano Largo_, is from six to eight inches long, rather narrow, and curved crescent-wise.
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'platano', as it resembled one of their trees named as plane tree!
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Yucca, arracacha, potato and platano all together, repeated and with rice added to the main dish and desert.
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It comes with rice and avocado on the side, and maybe platano sometimes.
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Mashed plantains with pork rinds: Machuca de platano con chicharrones by
Mashed plantains with pork rinds: Machuca de platano con chicharrones
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Plantain empanadas with picadillo: Empanadas de platano: Mexican Recipe
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Plantain empanadas with picadillo: Empanadas de platano by
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Plantain empanadas with picadillo: Empanadas de platano by
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Plantain empanadas with picadillo: Empanadas de platano: Mexican Recipe
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Mashed plantains with pork rinds: Machuca de platano con chicharrones: Mexican Recipe
Mashed plantains with pork rinds: Machuca de platano con chicharrones
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