plantain
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
plantain (plural plantains)
- A plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 225:
- The roots of Plantain and Pellitory of Spain beaten to powder and put into hollow teeth, takes away the pains of them.
- 2003, Michael Hofmann, translating Ernst Jünger, Storm of Steel, Penguin 2004, p. 41:
- The paths too are overgrown, but easily identified by the presence on them of round-leaved plantains.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 225:
- French: plantain
- German: Wegerich
- Italian: piantaggine
- Portuguese: plantago, tanchagem, tansagem, transagem
- Russian: подоро́жник
- Spanish: llantén
plantain (plural plantains)
- A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
- The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
- banana plantain
- bocadillo plantain
- cooking plantain
- plantain cutter
- plantain eater (Musophagidae)
- plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus)
- plantain tree
- French: banane plantain, (Africa) plantain, (West Indies) banane farine, banane cochon, banane à cuire
- German: Kochbanane, Gemüsebanane, Mehlbanane, Pisangfeige
- Spanish: (Mexico) plátano macho, plátano
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