英语词汇“plantain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	plantain
释义	Trends of plantain View usage for: plantain (plæntɪn) Word forms: plural plantains 1. variable noun A plantain is a type of green banana which can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable. ...fried plantain. 2. variable noun A plantain is a wild plant with broad leaves and a head of tiny green flowers on a long stem. plantain in British English 1 (ˈplæntɪn, -teɪn) noun any of various N temperate plants of the genus Plantago, esp P. major (great plantain), which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae See also ribwort Word origin C14 plauntein, from Old French plantein, from Latin plantāgō, from planta sole of the foot plantain in British English 2 (ˈplæntɪn, -teɪn) noun 1. a large tropical musaceous plant, Musa paradisiaca 2. the green-skinned banana-like fruit of this plant, eaten as a staple food in many tropical regions Word origin C16: from Spanish platano plantain, plane tree plantain in American English 1 (ˈplæntɪn) noun 1. any of a genus (Plantago) of plants of the plantain family, usually with rosettes of basal leaves and spikes of tiny, greenish flowers, including many troublesome weeds adjective 2. designating a family (Plantaginaceae, order Plantaginales) of dicotyledonous plants Word origin OFr < L plantago < planta, sole of the foot (see plant): from the shape of the leaves plantain in American English 2 (ˈplæntɪn) noun 1. a hybrid banana plant (Musa × paradisiaca) that is widely cultivated in the Western Hemisphere 2. the large, firm, curved fruit of this plant: in tropical areas, it is usually cooked while green, beforethe starch has converted into sugar Word origin altered (prob. infl. by plantain1) < Sp plátano, banana tree, lit., plane tree (< L platanus: see plane4), prob. misused for native name (as in Carib balatana) Image of plantain © Sony Ho, shutterstock Examples of 'plantain' in a sentence plantain These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content.Read more… They fiddled with their coral beads and refused to meet Neil's eyes when he served them their ration of fried plantain and sweet potato. Ballard, J. G. RUSHING TO PARADISE (2001) He raised a wedge of plantain to his mouth, thumbing it against the side of his Death Wind. Gregg Andrew Hurwitz MINUTES TO BURN (2001) All related terms of 'plantain' plantain lily any of several Asian plants of the liliaceous genus Hosta , having broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers great plantain a N temperate plant, Plantago major , which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae plantain-eater any brightly coloured crested arboreal African bird of the family Musophagidae: order Cuculiformes ( cuckoos , etc) water plantain any of several marsh plants of the genus Alisma , esp A. plantago-aquatica, of N temperate regions and Australia, having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed leaves: family Alismataceae rattlesnake plantain any of various small temperate and tropical orchids of the genus Goodyera , having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of yellowish-white flowers buck's horn plantain a Eurasian plant, Plantago coronopus , having leaves resembling a buck's horn : family Plantaginaceae
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