(plan′tin) noun
An annual or perennial herb (genus Plantago) widely distributed in temperate regions; especially, the common or greater plantain (P. major) with large, ovate, or oval, ribbed leaves. [<OF <L plantago, -ginis <planta sole of the foot; with ref. to its broad, flat leaves]

(plan′tin) noun
A tropical perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca); also, its edible, bananalike fruit [Earlier plantan <Sp. plátano, plántano <Cariban balatanna; infl. in form by PLANTAIN¹]