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English noun: plantain

1. plantain (plant) 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


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Narrower (hyponym)broad-leaved plantain, broad-leaved plantain, buckthorn, cart-track plant, common plantain, English plantain, fleawort, hoary plantain, hoary plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, Plantago lanceolata, Plantago major, Plantago media, Plantago psyllium, Plantago rugelii, Plantago virginica, psyllium, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, rugel's plantain, Spanish psyllium, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot


Member meronymgenus Plantago, Plantago

2. plantain (plant) a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics


SynonymsMusa paradisiaca, plantain tree


Broader (hypernym)banana, banana tree


Part holonymplantain

3. plantain (food) starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics


Broader (hypernym)veg, vegetable, veggie


Part meronymMusa paradisiaca, plantain, plantain tree









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