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Definitions for Plantain
[1] a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
[2] its fruit, eaten cooked as a staple food in tropical regions.
[3] any plant of the genus Plantago, especially P. major, a weed with large, spreading leaves close to the ground and long, slender spikes of small flowers.
[4] any of various N temperate plants of the genus Plantago, esp P. major (great plantain ), which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae See also ribwort
[5] a large tropical musaceous plant, Musa paradisiaca
[6] the green-skinned banana-like fruit of this plant, eaten as a staple food in many tropical regions
Words nearby Plantain
plant-cutter, planta, planta genista, plantae, plantagenet, plantain, plantain lily, plantain-eater, plantalgia, plantar, plantar arch
Origin of Plantain
21350–1400; Middle English plauntein < Old French plantein < Latin plantāgin- (stem of plantāgō ), derivative of planta sole of the foot, literally, something flat and spread out, like the broad leaf of the plantain; akin to Greek platýs flat1; see platy-
Word origin for Plantain
C16: from Spanish platano plantain, plane tree