plantain

Type of:: banana, banana tree
any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits

Type of:: veg, vegetable, veggie
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; English plantain, Plantago lanceolata, buckthorn, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions; Plantago major, broad-leaved plantain, cart-track plant, common plantain, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot
common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed; Plantago media, hoary plantain
widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowers; Plantago psyllium, Spanish psyllium, fleawort, psyllium
plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative; Plantago rugelii, broad-leaved plantain, rugel's plantain
North American plantain having reddish leafstalks and broad leaves; Plantago virginica, hoary plantain
North American annual or biennial with long soft hairs on the leaves

Type of:: herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

DEFINITIONS OF: plantain