a. Capable of being planted; fit to be planted. B. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted. [ 1913 Webster ]
As true as steel, as plantage to the moon. Shak. (Troil. iii. sc. 2). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. plantain-arbre, plantanier, Sp. plántano, plátano; prob. same word as plane tree. ]
Plantain cutter,
Plantain eater
Plantain squirrel (Zool.),
Plantain tree (Bot.),
n. [ F., fr. L. plantago. Cf. Plant. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus
Indian plantain. (Bot.)
Mud plantain,
Rattlesnake plantain,
Ribwort plantain.
Robin's plantain,
Water plantain,
a. [ L. planta a plant. ] Belonging to plants;
a. [ L. plantaris, fr. planta the sole of the foot. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sole of the foot;
n. [ L. plantatio: cf. F. plantation. ]
While these plantations were forming in Connecticut. B. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]