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RIPPLE-GRASS
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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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Hypernyms ("ripple-grass" 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)