這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 大蕉（料理用的香蕉） · 車前草
plantain
noun核心畫面
Picture something at the market that looks like a very large banana, but firmer, thicker-skinned, and hard to open with your hands. Raw it is starchy rather than sweet, so it is not a fruit you eat standing up. It goes to the stove instead: sliced and fried, boiled, roasted, mashed. In the kitchen its place is closer to a potato than to a banana, and that is the whole picture of this word.
可以想成市場上一根比香蕉更大、更硬、皮更厚的果子。用手撥不太開，生吃也不甜，因為它的糖少、澱粉多。所以它不是站著就吃…更多收起
可以想成市場上一根比香蕉更大、更硬、皮更厚的果子。用手撥不太開，生吃也不甜，因為它的糖少、澱粉多。所以它不是站著就吃的水果，而是要進廚房的東西：切片去煎、去炸，或是水煮、烘烤、搗成泥。在廚房裡，它的位置比較靠近馬鈴薯，而不是香蕉。這個字的整個畫面就在這裡。From the word’s history
From Spanish plátano, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek platanos, which was the name of a quite different tree. The name travelled to the Americas and settled on this cooking banana, so the root says nothing about the fruit itself.
這條線來自西班牙文 plátano，再往前是拉丁文 platanus、希臘文 platanos，本來是另一種樹的名字。這個名字被帶到美洲之後，才落到這種要煮來吃的香蕉身上。所以字根本身跟這種果實沒有關係，是名字搬了家。
Wiktionary kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:740431302:11996 (Spanish plantano, obsolete variant of plátano, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος)
A second word, same spelling
plantain
noun核心畫面
Picture the low weed at the edge of a path, the one that survives being walked on. Its leaves lie flat in a ring against the ground, wide and , and a thin green spike rises from the middle with tiny flowers on it. You find it exactly where people walk, because hard trodden ground is where it does best. This word shares its spelling with the cooking banana and nothing else.
可以想成步道旁那種被踩過還活得好好的矮野草。葉子又寬又平，一圈一圈貼著地面長，上面有清楚的直紋。中間抽出一根細細的綠…更多收起
可以想成步道旁那種被踩過還活得好好的矮野草。葉子又寬又平，一圈一圈貼著地面長，上面有清楚的直紋。中間抽出一根細細的綠色花穗，花小到幾乎看不出花瓣。它偏偏就長在人走的地方，因為被踩硬的土正好適合它。中文叫車前草。它跟那種要煮來吃的大蕉，除了拼法一樣以外沒有任何關係。From the word’s history
From Latin plantago, from planta, the sole of the foot. The usual explanation is the shape of the leaves: broad and flat against the ground, like a footprint.
這條線來自拉丁文 plantāgō，而 plantāgō 來自 planta，意思是「腳掌」。一般的解釋是葉子的形狀：又寬又平地貼在地上，像一個腳印。剛好它也真的長在人踩過的地方。
Wiktionary kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:740405377:25925 (Middle English planteyne < Old French plaintain < Latin plantāgō < planta, sole of the foot)