plantain 音标拼音: [pl'æntən]
n . 车前草,香蕉之一种
车前草,香蕉之一种
plantain n 1 :
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 2 :
a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits ;
tropics and subtropics [
synonym :
{
plantain }, {
plantain tree }, {
Musa paradisiaca }]
3 :
starchy banana -
like fruit ;
eaten (
always cooked )
as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics Plantain \
Plan "
tain \,
n . [
F .,
fr .
L .
plantago .
Cf . {
Plant }.]
(
Bot .)
Any plant of the genus {
Plantago },
but especially the {
Plantago 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 .
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1913 Webster ]
{
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Plantain \
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 }.
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1913 Webster ]
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Plantain cutter },
or {
Plantain eater } (
Zool .),
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 } (
Zool .),
a Java squirrel ({
Sciurus plantani })
which feeds upon plantains .
{
Plantain tree } (
Bot .),
the treelike herb {
Musa paradisiaca }.
See def .
1 (
above ).
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1913 Webster ]
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