Plantain Definition. Compare 1 plantain. A fruit of the hotter regions that looks like a banana and is usually cooked before being eaten Definition of plantain from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Cambridge University Press.
The word plantain can describe a specific weedy plant but its also used more loosely for any bananas or banana-type fruits that are cooked rather than eaten raw. Plantain is used for dysuria ocular pain urinary tract infections poor vision and problems of childbirth. Compare 1 plantain.
The Gabonese produce enough bananas plantains sugar and soap to export to nearby cities but 90 percent of the food is imported.
Family Plantaginaceae See also ribwort. Plantain definition is - any of a genus Plantago of the family Plantaginaceae the plantain family of herbs with basal rosettes of usually lanceolate or elliptical leaves and spikes of minute greenish flowers. Major great plantain which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers. A common weed with leaves that grow near the ground and small greenish flowers.
