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Definitions for: Plantain
[n] starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
[n] a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
[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
Webster (1913) Definition: Plan"tain, n. [Cf. F. plantain-arbre, plantanier, Sp.
pl['a]ntano, pl['a]tano; prob. same word as plane tree.]
1. (Bot.) A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of
tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large
clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa.
2. The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat
cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft,
fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish
skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most
tropical countries, especially when cooked.
Plantain cutter, or Plantain eater (Zo["o]l.), any one of
several large African birds of the genus Musophaga, or
family Musophagid[ae], especially Musophaga violacea.
See Turaco. They are allied to the cuckoos.
Plantain squirrel (Zo["o]l.), a Java squirrel ({Sciurus
plantani}) which feeds upon plantains.
Plantain tree (Bot.), the treelike herb Musa paradisiaca.
See def. 1 (above).
Plan"tain, n. [F., fr. L. plantago. Cf. Plant.]
(Bot.)
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.
Indian plantain. (Bot.) See under Indian.
Mud plantain, a homely North American aquatic plant
(Heteranthera reniformis), having broad, reniform
leaves.
Rattlesnake plantain, an orchidaceous plant ({Goodyera
pubescens}), with the leaves blotched and spotted with
white.
Ribwort plantain. See Ribwort.
Robin's plantain, the Erigeron bellidifolium, a common
daisylike plant of North America.
Water plantain, a plant of the genus Alisma, having acrid
leaves, and formerly regarded as a specific against
hydrophobia. --Loudon.
Synonyms: Musa paradisiaca, plantain tree
See Also: banana, banana tree, broad-leaved plantain, buckthorn, cart-track plant, common plantain, English plantain, fleawort, genus Plantago, herb, herbaceous plant, hoary plantain, Musa paradisiaca, narrow-leaved plantain, Plantago, Plantago lanceolata, Plantago major, Plantago media, Plantago psyllium, Plantago rugelii, Plantago virginica, plantain, plantain, plantain tree, psyllium, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, rugel's plantain, Spanish psyllium, vegetable, veggie, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot
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