noun
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
• Syn: ↑English plantain, ↑narrow-leaved plantain, ↑ribwort, ↑ripple-grass, ↑buckthorn, ↑Plantago lanceolata
• Hypernyms: ↑plantain
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun : plantain I; usually : an Old World plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long narrow ribbed leaves that is now generally established in temperate regions — called also buckhorn, English plantain, ribwort
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/rib"gras', -grahs'/, n.
See English plantain.
[1530-40; RIB1 + GRASS]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.