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Noun plantain has 3 senses
- plantain - 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
--1 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--1 is a member of Plantago, genus Plantago
--1 has particulars: | | English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, buckthorn, Plantago lanceolata; broad-leaved plantain, common plantain, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot, cart-track plant, Plantago major; hoary plantain, Plantago media; fleawort, psyllium, Spanish psyllium, Plantago psyllium; rugel's plantain, broad-leaved plantain, Plantago rugelii; hoary plantain, Plantago virginica |
- plantain, plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca - a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
--2 is a kind of banana, banana tree
--2 has parts: plantain
- plantain - starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
--3 is a kind of vegetable, veggie
--3 is a part of plantain, plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca
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