plantain: Two entirely unrelated plants have the name plantain. Both get it from their broad leaves. One, an insignificant-looking weed [14], comes via Old French plantain from Latin plantāgō, a derivative of planta ‘sole of the foot’ (source of English plantigrade and possibly plant). The other, a tropical plant of the banana family [16], was originally named by the Spaniards plántano ‘plane tree’, a descendant of the same Latin source as produced English plane (which etymologically means ‘broad-leaved’). This was adopted by English and quickly altered to the more familiar plantain. => plan, plant; plane
plantain (n.1)
"banana," 1550s, plantan, from Spanish plátano, plántano, probably from Carib palatana "banana" (Arawak pratane), and altered by association with Spanish plátano "plane tree," from Medieval Latin plantanus "plane tree," itself altered (by association with Latin planta "plant") from Latin platanus (see plane (n.4)). So called from the shape of its leaves. There is no similarity or relation between this plant and plantain (n.2).
plantain (n.2)
"weed of the genus Plantago," mid-13c., from Anglo-French plaunteyne, Old French plantain, from Latin plantaginem (nominative plantago), the common weed, from planta "sole of the foot" (see plant (n.)); so called from its flat leaves.
双语例句
1. Instead she Blew Monkey right out of sight with a single wave of her plantain fan.
悟空初次借扇,被铁扇公主用芭蕉扇扇得无影无踪.
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2. I did not know a plantain patch from a kangaroo!
我也不知道什么香蕉种植地,正如我不知道什么是袋鼠一样!
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3. Conclusion Compound plantain ointment has certain treatment function to bedsore.
结论复方车前草软膏对褥疮有一定的治疗作用.
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4. Objective To study the effect of compound plantain ointment in curing bedsore.
目的研究复方车前草软膏对褥疮的治疗作用.
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5. Plantain contains a chemical ( called allantoin ) that is anti - inflammatory and antimicrobial.
