plantain

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noun

1. 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
• Hypernyms:
herb, herbaceous plant
• Hyponyms:
English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass,
buckthorn, Plantago lanceolata, broad-leaved plantain, common plantain, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot,
cart-track plant, Plantago major, hoary plantain, Plantago media, fleawort, psyllium,
Spanish psyllium, Plantago psyllium, rugel's plantain, Plantago rugelii, Plantago virginica
• Member Holonyms:
Plantago, genus Plantago
2. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits;
tropics and subtropics
• Syn:
plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca
• Hypernyms:
banana, banana tree
3. starchy banana-like fruit;
eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
• Hypernyms:
vegetable, veggie, veg
• Part Holonyms:
plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca