一切經音義 4.6

4.6

芭蕉（上補加反下子姚反字指云蕉生交趾葉如席煑可紡績為布汁可以漚麻也葉廣二三尺長七八尺說文云焦菜也竝從草巴尗皆聲失正[?*十]字今俗用相傳作蕉本非字也）。

Plantain (芭蕉: the first character, bu [補] + jia [加] fan; the second character, zi [子] + yao [姚] fan. The Zizhi says: “The plantain grows in Jiaozhi; its leaves are like mats, and when boiled can be spun and woven into cloth; its sap can be used to retting hemp. The leaves are two to three spans wide, seven to eight spans long.” The Shuowen says: “The jiāo vegetable.” Both are formed from grass [草] with 巴 and 尗 phonetic, losing the correct character [...]. In vulgar modern usage it is traditionally written as 蕉, which was not originally a character).