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