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plantain
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noun (n)
- 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(noun.plant)source: wordnet30
- a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics(noun.plant)source: wordnet30
- starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics(noun.food)source: wordnet30
- A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa.(noun)source: webster1913
- Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world.(noun)source: webster1913