noun
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
• Syn: ↑narrow-leaved plantain, ↑ribgrass, ↑ribwort, ↑ripple-grass, ↑buckthorn, ↑Plantago lanceolata
• Hypernyms: ↑plantain
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nounUsage: usually capitalized E
: a ribgrass (Plantago lanceolata)
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a common plantain weed, Plantago lanceolata, having narrow basal leaves and a dense head of small, whitish flowers. Also called ribgrass, ribwort.
[1835-45, Amer.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.