plantain

名词 plantain:

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
   同义词：plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca
3. starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics

1. A plantain is similar to a banana.
   大蕉类似于香蕉。

plantain

n.（名词）
Any of various plants of the genusPlantago that produce dense spikes of small greenish flowers, especially either of two Eurasian weeds, P. major or P. lanceolata. Also called ribwort
车前草：一种车前草属 植物，淡绿色小花有簇生的穗状花序，尤指两种欧亚大陆的野草 大车前草 或 矛尖状车前草之一 也作 ribwort

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin plant3gô plant3gin-
源自 拉丁语 plant3gô plant3gin-
from planta [sole of the foot (from its broad leaves)] * see plat-
源自 planta [根的底部（来自于它的阔叶）] *参见 plat-

plantain
plantain 2

n.（名词）
A large, tropical, treelike herb(Musa paradisiaca) of southeast Asia, resembling the banana and bearing similar fruit.
大蕉：一种热带类似树的大型草本植物（巴蕉属 粉芭蕉 ） ，产于亚洲东南部，形似于香蕉树，结相似的果实
The fruit of this plant, used as a staple food in tropical regions.
大蕉：大蕉的果实，作为热带地区的主要食物

来源：
Spanish plátano, plántano [plane tree, plantain]
西班牙语 plátano, plántano [悬铃木属乔木，大蕉]
from Latin platanus * see plane 4
源自 拉丁语 platanus *参见 plane4