plantain
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- herb hypernym
- English plantain hyponym
- common plantain hyponym
- Plantago media hyponym
- fleawort hyponym
- broad-leaved plantain hyponym
- hoary plantain hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Plantago member holonym
Sense 2 noun
a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
Types & categories
- banana hypernym
Parts & wholes
- plantain part meronym
Sense 3 noun
starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
Types & categories
- vegetable hypernym
Parts & wholes
- plantain tree part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Plantago |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | herb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | English plantain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | common plantain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Plantago media |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fleawort |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | broad-leaved plantain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hoary plantain |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | plantain |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | banana |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | plantain tree |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | vegetable |