PLANTAIN
\plˈante͡ɪn], \plˈanteɪn], \p_l_ˈa_n_t_eɪ_n]\
Definitions of PLANTAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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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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Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. 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.
By Oddity Software
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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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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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Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. 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.
By Noah Webster.
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A plant genus of the family Plantaginaceae, order Plantaginales, subclass Asteridae, class Magnoliopsida. The small plants usually have a dense tuft of basal leaves and long, leafless stalks bearing a terminal spike of small flowers. The seeds, known as PSYLLIUM, swell in water and are used as laxatives. The leaves have been used medicinally.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A tropical, broad-leaved tree yielding an eatable fruit like the banana; a common dooryard or roadside weed.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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A perennial weed with broad, ribbed leaves.
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A tropical perennial herb or its edible, banana - like fruit.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French, Latin] A genus of herbaceous plants of many species;—a native plant, the leaves of which are bitter and astringent, and are popularly used for binding cuts or wounds;—an endogenous tropical tree, which rises with a soft stem, fifteen or twenty feet high;—also, the fruit of the tree, which is about six or eight inches long, an inch in diameter, with a soft rind encircling a sweet and nutritious pulp.
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