plantain vs Plantago rugelii

Plantago rugelii vs plantain

plantain and Plantago rugelii both are nouns.

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

As nouns, Plantago rugelii is a hyponym of plantain; that is, Plantago rugelii 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 rugelii: North American plantain having reddish leafstalks and broad leaves

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, Plantago major, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot, hoary plantain, Plantago media, fleawort, Plantago psyllium, psyllium, Spanish psyllium, broad-leaved plantain, rugel's plantain, hoary plantain, Plantago virginica.

plantain (noun)	Plantago rugelii (noun)
starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics	North American plantain having reddish leafstalks and broad leaves
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 rugelii

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