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HOARY PLANTAIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

hoary plantain; Plantago media

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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:

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

Synonyms:

hoary plantain; Plantago virginica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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