ribwort Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
narrow-leaved plantain; English plantain; ripple-grass; buckthorn; Plantago lanceolata; ribgrass.

WordNet

Rib"wort` noun

Definitions

(Bot.) A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.

Webster 1913

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