| plantain | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. plantain | 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. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
| ~ genus plantago, plantago | type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs. |
| ~ english plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, plantago lanceolata, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, buckthorn | an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions. |
| ~ cart-track plant, common plantain, plantago major, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot, broad-leaved plantain | common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed. |
| ~ plantago media, hoary plantain | widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowers. |
| ~ fleawort, plantago psyllium, psyllium, spanish psyllium | plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative. |
| ~ broad-leaved plantain, plantago rugelii, rugel's plantain | North American plantain having reddish leafstalks and broad leaves. |
| ~ hoary plantain, plantago virginica | North American annual or biennial with long soft hairs on the leaves. |
| n. (plant) | 2. musa paradisiaca, plantain, plantain tree | a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics. |
| ~ plantain | starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics. |
| ~ banana, banana tree | any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits. |
| n. (food) | 3. plantain | starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics. |
| ~ veg, vegetable, veggie | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant. |
| ~ musa paradisiaca, plantain tree, plantain | a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics. |
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