plantain

noun

/ˈplæntɪn/, /ˈplænteɪn/

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[countable, uncountable] a fruit like a large banana, but less sweet, that is cooked and eaten as a vegetableTopics Foodc2
[countable] a wild plant with small green flowers and broad flat leaves that spread out close to the ground

Word Originsense 2 late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin plantago, plantagin-, from planta ‘sole of the foot’ (because of its broad flat leaves).sense 1 mid 16th cent.: from Spanish plá(n)tano, probably by assimilation of a South American word to the Spanish plá(n)tano ‘plane tree’.

单词	plantain
释义	plantain noun /ˈplæntɪn/, /ˈplænteɪn/ /ˈplæntɪn/, /ˈplænteɪn/ jump to other results [countable, uncountable] a fruit like a large banana, but less sweet, that is cooked and eaten as a vegetableTopics Foodc2 [countable] a wild plant with small green flowers and broad flat leaves that spread out close to the ground Word Originsense 2 late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin plantago, plantagin-, from planta ‘sole of the foot’ (because of its broad flat leaves).sense 1 mid 16th cent.: from Spanish plá(n)tano, probably by assimilation of a South American word to the Spanish plá(n)tano ‘plane tree’.
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