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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 tropicsPlantain \ 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. [ 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. [ 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}. [ 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. [ 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). [ 1913 Webster]
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