Plantago psyllium vs plantain

plantain vs Plantago psyllium

Plantago psyllium and plantain both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Plantago psyllium	Yes	No	No	No
plantain	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, plantain is a hypernym of Plantago psyllium; that is, plantain is a word with a broader meaning than Plantago psyllium:

Plantago psyllium: plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative
plantain: any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally

Plantago psyllium (noun)	plantain (noun)
plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative	starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
	a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
	any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally

Difference between Plantago psyllium and plantain

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