HOARY PLANTAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hoary plantain mean? 

• HOARY PLANTAIN (noun)
  The noun HOARY PLANTAIN has 2 senses:

1. North American annual or biennial with long soft hairs on the leaves

2. widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowers

  Familiarity information: HOARY PLANTAIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOARY PLANTAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American annual or biennial with long soft hairs on the leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hoary plantain; Plantago virginica

Hypernyms ("hoary plantain" is a kind of...):

plantain (any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hoary plantain; Plantago media

Hypernyms ("hoary plantain" is a kind of...):

plantain (any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally)