ENGLISH PLANTAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does English plantain mean? 

• ENGLISH PLANTAIN (noun)
  The noun ENGLISH PLANTAIN has 1 sense:

1. an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions

  Familiarity information: ENGLISH PLANTAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENGLISH PLANTAIN (noun)

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Meaning:

An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buckthorn; English plantain; narrow-leaved plantain; Plantago lanceolata; ribgrass; ribwort; ripple-grass

Hypernyms ("English 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)