Plantain ¹

Definition: A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa.

Plantain ²

Definition: 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 ³

Definition: 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.

plantain ⁴

Definition: starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics

plantain ⁵

Definition: a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics

plantain ⁶

Definition: 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