plantain vs herbaceous plant

herbaceous plant vs plantain

plantain and herbaceous plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plantain	Yes	No	No	No
herbaceous plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, herbaceous plant is a hypernym of plantain; that is, herbaceous plant is a word with a broader 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
herbaceous plant: a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

Other hypernyms of plantain include herb.

plantain (noun)	herbaceous plant (noun)
starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics	a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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

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