Wild plantain

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(Bot.) an arborescent endogenous herb (Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies as coverings for packages of merchandise.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Wild plantains, oranges known locally as kino, and mangoes grow on the hill slopes nourished by about a dozen perennial streams.
A SACRED HILL AND A SCARED PEOPLE
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