plantain

starchy banana-like fruit

含淀粉的香蕉状水果

eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics

在热带地区作为主要的蔬菜食用（通常是烹调的）

a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits

香蕉树一种香蕉树，结有角的绿色淀粉状可食用果实

tropics and subtropics

热带和亚热带

plantain tree

Musa paradisiaca

any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago

车前草属的任何一种植物

mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers

大部分是路边或家门口的小杂草，有椭圆形的叶子和小穗状花序，花很小

seeds of some used medicinally

一些药用的