Plantain vs Fennel - What's the difference?
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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. See also psyllium.
* 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 225:
*2003 , (Michael Hofmann), translating Ernst Jünger, Storm of Steel , Penguin 2004, p. 41:
*:The paths too are overgrown, but easily identified by the presence on them of round-leaved plantains .
A plant in the genus Musa , the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
A plant, Foeniculum vulgare , of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.
As nouns the difference between plantain and fennel
is that plantain is 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 see also psyllium or plantain can be a plant in the genus musa , the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana while fennel is a plant, foeniculum vulgare , of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.plantain
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) plainteine et al., (etyl) plaintain, from (etyl) , because of the broad, flat shape of the plantain leaves.Noun
(en noun)- The roots of Plantain and Pellitory of Spain beaten to powder and put into hollow teeth, takes away the pains of them.