plantain vs Plantago major

Plantago major vs plantain

plantain and Plantago major both are nouns.

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

As nouns, Plantago major is a hyponym of plantain; that is, Plantago major is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plantain:

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 major: common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed

Other hyponyms of plantain include buckthorn, English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, Plantago lanceolata, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, broad-leaved plantain, cart-track plant, common plantain, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot, hoary plantain, Plantago media, fleawort, Plantago psyllium, psyllium, Spanish psyllium, broad-leaved plantain, Plantago rugelii, rugel's plantain, hoary plantain, Plantago virginica.

plantain (noun)	Plantago major (noun)
starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics	common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed
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 plantain and Plantago major

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