plantain
Kelime Anlamı :
1. muz.
2. sinirotu.
3. bir tür muz.
4. bunun pişirilerek yenen meyvası.
5. sinir otu.
6. bir çeşit müz.
7. i., bot. sinirotu.
8. Musa paradisiaca.
9. ağaç/ot.
Tanımlar :
1.
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.
2. A large, tropical, treelike herb (Musa paradisiaca) of southeast asia, resembling the banana and bearing similar fruit.
3. the fruit of this plant, used as a staple food in tropical regions.
2. A large, tropical, treelike herb (Musa paradisiaca) of southeast asia, resembling the banana and bearing similar fruit.
3. the fruit of this plant, used as a staple food in tropical regions.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A plant of the genus plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm 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.
2. A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
3. 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. the fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. see musa.
2. the fruit of this plant. it is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. the plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked.
3. any plant of the genus plantago, but especially the plantago major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. it is a native of europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world.
2. the fruit of this plant. it is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. the plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked.
3. any plant of the genus plantago, but especially the plantago major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. it is a native of europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
A plant of the genus plantago, especially P. major, the common or greater plantain.
2. A tropical plant, Musa paradisaca or its fruit.
3. plantago aristata, a species with very narrow leaves and long narrow bracts, native mostly west of the mississippi but now a common weed eastward from Maine to georgia.
2. A tropical plant, Musa paradisaca or its fruit.
3. plantago aristata, a species with very narrow leaves and long narrow bracts, native mostly west of the mississippi but now a common weed eastward from Maine to georgia.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1.
starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
2. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
3. any of numerous plants of the genus plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
2. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
3. any of numerous plants of the genus plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
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