plantain
Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm long…Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
» She went to the grocer's to buy some plantain.
Sie ging zum Lebensmittelladen, um Kochbananen zu kaufen.
Значение
значений: 3Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
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A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
Kochbanane, Gemüsebanane, Mehlbanane
планта́нplantán
starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
Примеры
предложений: 5She went to the grocer's to buy some plantain.
deSie ging zum Lebensmittelladen, um Kochbananen zu kaufen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom needs to go to the grocery to buy plantains.
Although plantains are related to bananas, the two fruits are quite different.
The girl likes plantains.
People are now using large plantain leaves to store food — a move that has sparked mixed reactions among consumers and restaurateurs.
Переводы
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Происхождение
Inherited from Middle English planteyne, planteyn, from Anglo-Norman plainteine et al., OlInherited from Middle English planteyne, planteyn, from Anglo-Norman plainteine et al., Old French plaintain, from Latin plantāgō, from planta (“sole of the foot”), a nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat; to spread”), because of the broad, flat shape of the plantain leaves.
From Spanish plantano (obsolete variant of plátano), from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).
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Формы
мн. число: plantainsСинонимы
синонимов: 4- a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics:plantain treeMusa paradisiaca