plantain
plantain1
[ˈplantɪn, -teɪn]
noun
plantain2
[ˈplantɪn, -teɪn]
noun
[ˈplantɪn, -teɪn]
noun
- a low-growing plant which typically has a rosette of leaves and a slender green flower spike, occurring widely as a weed of lawns
车前草 - Genus Plantago, family Plantaginaceae: many species
车前草属，车前草科，多种
- late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin plantago, plantagin-, from planta 'sole of the foot' (because of its broad prostrate leaves)
plantain2
[ˈplantɪn, -teɪn]
noun
- a banana containing high levels of starch and little sugar, which is harvested green and widely used as a cooked vegetable in the tropics
大蕉（果实） - the plant which bears this fruit
大蕉 - Musa × paradisiaca, family Musaceae
拉丁名Musa × paradisiaca，芭蕉科
- mid 16th cent.: from Spanish plá(n)tano, probably by assimilation of a South American word to the Spanish plá(n)tano 'plane tree'
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