- a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
- its fruit, eaten cooked as a staple food in tropical regions.
- any plant of the genus Plantago, especially P. major, a weed with large, spreading leaves close to the ground and long, slender spikes of small flowers.
- any of various N temperate plants of the genus Plantago, esp P. major (great plantain), which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae
- a large tropical musaceous plant, Musa paradisiaca
- the green-skinned banana-like fruit of this plant, eaten as a staple food in many tropical regions
