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Plantago

noun

type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs

• Syn: ↑genus Plantago

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Plantaginaceae, ↑family Plantaginaceae, ↑plantain family

• Member Meronyms: ↑plantain

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\\plan.ˈtā(ˌ)gō\ noun

Etymology: New Latin Plantagin-, Plantago, from Latin, plantain — more at plantain

1. capitalized : a large genus (the type of the family Plantaginaceae) of acaulescent or short-stemmed chiefly dooryard or roadside weeds that have narrow or elliptic leaves and very small inconspicuous flowers in close-bracted spikes or heads — see plantain, ribgrass I

2. -s : any plant of the genus Plantago

Useful english dictionary. 2012.