Plantago major

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Plantago major
    n 1: common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a
         troublesome weed [syn: {broad-leaved plantain}, {common
         plantain}, {white-man's foot}, {whiteman's foot}, {cart-
         track plant}, {Plantago major}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Plantain \Plan"tain\, n. [F., fr. L. plantago. Cf. {Plant}.]
   (Bot.)
   Any plant of the genus {Plantago}, but especially the
   {Plantago major}, a low herb with broad spreading radical
   leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native
   of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in
   nearly all parts of the world.
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   {Indian plantain}. (Bot.) See under {Indian}.

   {Mud plantain}, a homely North American aquatic plant
      ({Heteranthera reniformis}), having broad, reniform
      leaves.

   {Rattlesnake plantain}, an orchidaceous plant ({Goodyera
      pubescens}), with the leaves blotched and spotted with
      white.

   {Ribwort plantain}. See {Ribwort}.

   {Robin's plantain}, the {Erigeron bellidifolium}, a common
      daisylike plant of North America.

   {Water plantain}, a plant of the genus {Alisma}, having acrid
      leaves, and formerly regarded as a specific against
      hydrophobia. --Loudon.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Waybread \Way"bread`\, n. [AS. wegbr?de. See {Way}, and
   {Broad}.] (Bot.)
   The common dooryard plantain ({Plantago major}).
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