~ 1 [ 'plantɪn , -teɪn ]
■ noun a low-growing plant that typically has a rosette of leaves and a slender green flower spike. [Genus Plantago : many species.]
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. plantago , plantagin- , from planta 'sole of the foot' (because of its broad prostrate leaves).
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~ 2 [ 'plantɪn , -teɪn ]
■ noun
1》 a type of banana containing high levels of starch and little sugar, which is harvested green and widely used as a cooked vegetable in the tropics.
2》 the plant which bears ~s. [ Musa × paradisiaca .]
Origin
C16: from Sp. plá(n)tano , prob. by assimilation of a S. Amer. word to the Sp. plá(n)tano 'plane tree'.