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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024plan•tain1 /ˈplæntɪn, -tən/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] a tropical plant of the banana family, resembling the banana.
- Plant Biology, Foodits edible fruit: [countable]We bought some plantains and tried frying them in oil.[uncountable]The cereal is made of flour and plantain.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plan•tain1 (plan′tin, -tn),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
- Plant Biology, Foodits fruit, eaten cooked as a staple food in tropical regions.
- Medieval Latin pla(n)tanus, Latin platanus plane3
- Spanish plá(n)tano plantain, also plane tree
- earlier pla(n)tan 1545–55
- Plant Biologyany plant of the genus Plantago, esp. P. major, a weed with large, spreading leaves close to the ground and long, slender spikes of small flowers.
- Latin plantāgin- (stem of plantāgō), derivative of planta sole of the foot, literally, something flat and spread out, like the broad leaf of the plantain; akin to Greek platýs flat1; see platy-
- Old French plantein
- Middle English plauntein 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: plantain /ˈplæntɪn/ n - 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
Etymology: 14th Century plauntein, from Old French plantein, from Latin plantāgō, from planta sole of the foot plantain /ˈplæntɪn/ n - a large tropical musaceous plant, Musa paradisiaca
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish platano plantain, plane tree |