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plan·ta·go \plan.ˈtā(ˌ)gō\ noun Etymology: New Latin Plantagin-, Plantago, from Latin, plantain — more at plantain 1. capitalized : a large genus (the type of the family Plantaginaceae) of acaulescent or short-stemmed chiefly dooryard or roadside weeds that have narrow or elliptic leaves and very small inconspicuous flowers in close-bracted spikes or heads — see plantain, ribgrass I 2. -s : any plant of the genus Plantago |