Re: plantain
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] plantain
- From: R* D*
- Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 08:05:42 -0500
Gerry, this American kid doesn't know about shooting plantain flower
heads. Maybe it doesn't grow in CA. Tell us more!
The foot connection is v. intg. Of course, we've all heard of plantar
warts, on the sole of the foot. Hopefully none of us have had them! I
believe they're painful.
Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6
> Diane mentioned that 'Plantaginea" means "leaves like a plantain."
> Webster's New Universe Unabridged has under plantain:
> [ME, OFr, L, plantago, from planta, sole of the foot, from the shape of the
> leaves]
> ......
> surely every American
> kid knows the trick of "shooting" plantain flower heads.
> Gerry
>
