Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - plantain
Plantain
plantain
1. n. any shrub of the genus Plantago, with broad flat leaves spread out close to the ground and seeds used as food for birds and as a mild laxative. Phrases and idioms plantain lily = HOSTA. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L plantago -ginis f. planta sole of the foot (from its broad prostrate leaves) 2. n. 1 a banana plant, Musa paradisiaca, widely grown for its fruit. 2 the starchy fruit of this containing less sugar than a dessert banana and chiefly used in cooking. Etymology: earlier platan f. Sp. pl{aacute}(n)tano plane-tree, prob. assim. f. Galibi palatana etc.
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I. noun see: place Date: 13th century any of a genus (Plantago of the family Plantaginaceae, the ~ family) of herbs with basal rosettes of usually lanceolate or elliptical leaves and spikes of minute greenish flowers, II. noun see: plane Date: 1555 a banana plant (Musa paradisiaca), the angular greenish starchy fruit of the ~ that is a staple food in the tropics when cooked ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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