plantain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplæntɪn/
ipa: /ˈplæn.teɪn/
ipa: /ˈplæntɪn/
ipa: /ˈplæn.teɪn/
ipa: /ˈplɑːntɪn/
ipa: [ˈplaː(n)ʔn̩]
Forms: form: plantains
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English planteyne, planteyn, from Anglo-Norman plainteine et al., Old French plaintain, from Latin plantāgō, from planta (“sole of the foot”), a nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat; to spread”), because of the broad, flat shape of the plantain leaves.
Senses: examples: text: The roots of Plantain and Pellitory of Spain beaten to powder and put into hollow teeth, takes away the pains of them.
ref: 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 225:
text: The paths too are overgrown, but easily identified by the presence on them of round-leaved plantains.
ref: 2003, Ernst Jünger, translated by Michael Hofmann, Storm of Steel, Penguin, published 2004, page 41:
glosses: Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
Synonyms: waybread
fleawort
Derived terms: taxonomic: Plantago afra
word: African plantain
taxonomic: Plantago rugelii
word: American plantain
taxonomic: Plantago asiatica
word: Asian plantain
taxonomic: Plantago rugelii
word: blackseed plantain
taxonomic: Plantago ovata
word: blond plantain
taxonomic: Plantago aristata
word: bracted plantain
taxonomic: Plantago rugelii
word: broadleaf plantain
word: buck's horn plantain
word: buckhorn plantain
taxonomic: Plantago coronopus
word: buckshorn plantain
taxonomic: Plantago erecta
alt: P. hookeriana
word: California plantain
taxonomic: Plantago major
word: common plantain
taxonomic: Plantago depressa
word: depressed plantain
taxonomic: Doronicum spp.
word: doronic plantain
taxonomic: Plantago erecta
word: dwarf plantain
taxonomic: Plantago lanceolata
word: English plantain
taxonomic: Plantago sempervirens
word: evergreen plantain
taxonomic: Plantago major
word: greater plantain
word: hare's foot plantain
taxonomic: Plantago lagopus
word: hartshorn plantain
taxonomic: Plantago cordata
word: heart-leaf plantain
taxonomic: Plantago helleri
word: Heller's plantain
english: Plantago media; Plantago virginica
translation: Plantago media; Plantago virginica
word: hoary plantain
english: Arnoglossum spp.; Plantago ovata, Cacalia spp.
translation: Arnoglossum spp.; Plantago ovata, Cacalia spp.
word: Indian plantain
taxonomic: Heteranthera spp.
word: mud plantain
word: narrowleaf plantain
taxonomic: Plantago lanceolata
word: narrow-leaved plantain
taxonomic: Plantago rugelii
word: pale plantain
taxonomic: Pyrrocoma uniflora
word: plantain goldenweed
taxonomic: Doronicum plantagineum
word: plantain-leaf leopard's-bane
taxonomic: Hosta spp.
word: plantain lily
word: plantain moth
taxonomic: Urochloa plantaginea
word: plantain signal grass
word: plantain water
english: Erigeron spp.; Hieracium venosum
translation: Erigeron spp.; Hieracium venosum
word: poor Robin's plantain
taxonomic: Goodyera spp.
word: rattlesnake plantain
word: redseed plantain
taxonomic: Plantago lanceolata
word: ribwort plantain
english: Erigeron spp.; Pilosella venosa
translation: Erigeron spp.; Pilosella venosa
word: Robin's plantain
taxonomic: Plantago rugelii
word: Rugel's plantain
taxonomic: Plantago arenaria
word: sand plantain
word: sea plantain
taxonomic: Plantago maritima
word: seaside plantain
taxonomic: Plantago virginica
word: Virginia plantain
english: Alisma spp.; Baldellia spp.; Sagittaria secundifolia
translation: Alisma spp.; Baldellia spp.; Sagittaria secundifolia
word: water plantain
taxonomic: Plantago patagonica
word: woolly plantain
taxonomic: Plantago wrightiana
word: Wright's plantain