, n. any shrub of the genus Plantago, with broad flat leaves spread out close to the ground and seeds used as food for birds and as a mild laxative.
plantain lily = HOSTA.
, n.
1 a banana plant, Musa paradisiaca, widely grown for its fruit.
2 the starchy fruit of this containing less sugar than a dessert banana and chiefly used in cooking.
earlier platan f. Sp. pl{aacute}(n)tano plane-tree, prob. assim. f. Galibi palatana etc.