common plantain — noun common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed • Syn: ↑broad leaved plantain, ↑white man s foot, ↑whiteman s foot, ↑cart track plant, ↑Plantago major • Hypernyms: ↑plantain … Useful english dictionary
plantain — plačialapis gyslotis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Gyslotinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Plantago major), paplitęs Europoje ir Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Plantago major angl. broadleaf plantain; common plantain; greater plantain; plantain… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
plantain majeur — plačialapis gyslotis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Gyslotinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Plantago major), paplitęs Europoje ir Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Plantago major angl. broadleaf plantain; common plantain; greater plantain; plantain… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
Plantain — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plantain — This article is about the fruit. For the small herb, see Plantago. Plantain Plantains being sold. Details Hybrid parentage … Wikipedia
plantain — plantain1 /plan tin, tn/, n. 1. a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana. 2. its fruit, eaten cooked as a staple food in tropical regions. [1545 55; earlier pla(n)tan < Sp plá(n)tano plantain, also plane… … Universalium
common water-plantain — gyslotinis dumblialaiškis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Dumblialaiškinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Alisma plantago aquatica), paplitęs Afrikoje, Europoje ir Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Alisma plantago aquatica angl. American water… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
plantain — {{11}}plantain (n.1) banana, 1550s, from Sp. plátano, plántano, probably from Carib platana banana (Arawak pratane), and altered by association with Sp. plátano plane tree, from M.L. plantanus plane tree, itself altered (by association with L.… … Etymology dictionary
plantain — I. /ˈplæntən/ (say plantuhn), / teɪn/ (say tayn) noun 1. a tropical herbaceous plant, Musa paradisiaca. 2. Also, plantain banana. its green skinned, banana like fruit, which, when cooked, is a staple food in many tropical regions. {Spanish… …
plantain — plan|tain [ˈplæntın] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Spanish; Origin: plántano, from Latin platanus type of tree] 1.) [U and C] a kind of ↑banana that is cooked before it is eaten, or the plant on which it grows 2.) a common wild plant with small green… … Dictionary of contemporary English
