Synonyms for plantain
1. plantain (n.)
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
- hoary plantain
- narrow-leaved plantain
- Plantago media
- psyllium
- common plantain
- white-man's foot
- Plantago rugelii
- herbaceous plant
- ripple-grass
- broad-leaved plantain
- Plantago virginica
- herb
- Plantago psyllium
- Spanish psyllium
- fleawort
- buckthorn
- Plantago lanceolata
- English plantain
- whiteman's foot
- Plantago major
- cart-track plant
- ribwort
- Plantago
- genus Plantago
- rugel's plantain
- ribgrass
2. plantain-leaved pussytoes (n.)
a variety of pussytoes
3. plantain (n.)
starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
4. plantain (n.)
a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
