RIBWORT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ribwort" 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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