plantain
英 ['plæntɪn; -teɪn]
美['plæntɪn]
- n. 车前草,香蕉之一种
英英释意
- 1. any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
- 2. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
- 3. starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics