A plantain (plantain, n.1 1); spec. the greater plantain, Plantago major. Now chiefly historical.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Plantaginaceae > [noun] (34) waybreadeOE A plantain (plantain, n.1 1); spec. the greater plantain, Plantago major. Now chiefly historical. ribeOE Ribwort plantain, Plantago lanceolata. psylliumOE Any of several branched herbaceous plantains of the genus Plantago; spec. P. afra, of the Mediterranean and south-west Asia, whose seeds are often… waybread leafOE a leaf of a plantain, esp. Plantago major; (chiefly Scottish (now Shetland)) (in singular and plural) the plant itself. plantaina1325 Any of various low-growing plants constituting the genus Plantago (family Plantaginaceae), with dense cylindrical spikes of inconspicuous flowers… herb Ivec1386 (a) A name for Ground Pine, Ajuga Chamæpitys. (b) Buck's-horn Plantain, Plantago coronopus. (c) Buck's-horn or Swine's Cress, Senebiera coronopus. ersworta1400 (= *arse-wort), some plant (see quot.). psyllya1425 = psyllium, n. flea-seed1562 Plantago Psyllium. buck's-horn plantain1578 Plantago coronopus (see plantain, n.1 1). fleabane1578 A name given to various plants: esp. Applied to Plantago Psyllium (from the appearance of the seed). hartshorn1578 Applied to two plants having leaves branched like a stag's horn: (a) Buck's-horn Plantain, Plantago Coronopus (also hartshorn plantain); (b) Swine's… lamb's tongue1578 A name given to species of plantain (tr. medieval Latin arnoglossa, Greek ἀρνόγλωσσον), and other plants. rose plantain1597 any of several kinds of plantain (genus Plantago), esp. P. major var. rosea, a variety in which the flower is composed of a rosette of green leafy… rose ribwort1597 a variety of the ribwort plantain, Plantago lanceolata, in which the flower is composed of a rosette of green leafy bracts; cf. rose plantain n. globularia1728 A plant of the Eurasian and North African genus Globularia (family Plantaginaceae), which comprises low growing herbs with pink, purple, or white… fire-leaves1796 †(a) a plant of the southern United States (not identified) with yellow flowers and poisonous green berries (obsolete rare); (b) British regional a… ribwort1846 Any plant of the family Plantaginaceae. Frequently attributive, esp. in ribwort family. Now rare. hoary plantain1861 Hence used to designate species of plants and animals so clothed; often rendering Latin canus, incanus, etc.: as hoary alder, hoary creeper, hoary m… goatweed1864 A flowering plant, Scoparia dulcis (family Plantaginaceae), native to tropical parts of the Americas, used as a medicinal herb, having erect… hartshorn plantain- (see 3). Subcategories:— narrow-leaved plantain (9) — parts of (4) |
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