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plan·tain 1     (plān'tən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Any of various plants of the genus Plantago that produce dense spikes of small greenish flowers, especially either of two Eurasian weeds, P. major or P. lanceolata. Also called ribwort.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin plantāgō, plantāgin-, from planta, sole of the foot (from its broad leaves); see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
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plan·tain 2     (plān'tən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A large, tropical, treelike herb (Musa paradisiaca) of southeast Asia, resembling the banana and bearing similar fruit.
  2. The fruit of this plant, used as a staple food in tropical regions.

[Spanish plátano, plántano, plane tree, plantain, from Latin platanus; see plane4.]
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