Main Entry: ¹plan·tain

Pronunciation: \ˈplan-t^ən\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin plantagin-, plantago, from planta sole of the foot; from its broad leaves — more at place

Date: 13th century

: any of a genus (Plantago of the family Plantaginaceae, the plantain family) of herbs with basal rosettes of usually lanceolate or elliptical leaves and spikes of minute greenish flowers