plantain

noun3

1. •
   The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
2. •
   A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
3. •
   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.

   • The roots of Plantain and Pellitory of Spain beaten to powder and put into hollow teeth, takes away the pains of them. — 1653