Plantain — synonyms, definition

1. plantain (Noun)

Musa paradisiaca plantain tree

plantain (Noun) — 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.

plantain (Noun) — A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics.

plantain (Noun) — Starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics.

banana banana tree herb herbaceous plant veg vegetable veggie English plantain Plantago lanceolata Plantago major Plantago media Plantago psyllium Plantago rugelii Plantago virginica Spanish psyllium broad-leaved plantain buckthorn cart-track plant common plantain fleawort hoary plantain narrow-leaved plantain psyllium ribgrass ribwort ripple-grass rugel's plantain • • • Musa paradisiaca plantain tree genus Plantago plantago