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Detailed Translations for plantain from English to German

plantain:

plantain [the ~] noun

  1. the plantain
    – 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 1
    der Wegerich

Translation Matrix for plantain:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Wegerich plantain
- Musa paradisiaca; plantain tree

Related Words for "plantain":

  • plantains

Synonyms for "plantain":

  • herb; herbaceous plant
  • plantain tree; Musa paradisiaca; banana; banana tree
  • vegetable; veggie

Related Definitions for "plantain":

  1. starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics1
  2. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics1
  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 medicinally1

Wiktionary Translations for plantain:

plantain
noun
  1. small plant
  2. fruit
plantain
noun
  1. Botanik: Pflanzengattung, deren Vertreter – niedrige, unscheinbare Pflanzen – unter anderem an Wegen und auf Trampelpfaden wachsen
  2. Riesenstaude (Gattung Musa), an der die Banane[1] wächst
  3. längliche, meist gelbe tropische Frucht

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
plantain Wegerich plantainplante herbacée fort commune, qui croît dans les lieux herbeux, aux fleurs disposées en épi au sommet ou le long d’une longue hampe.