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water plantain
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Water plantain
(gcide) | 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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Water plantain
(gcide) | Water plantain \Wa"ter plan"tain\ (Bot.)
A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain.
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water plantain
(wn) | water plantain
n 1: marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish
flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves [syn: {water
plantain}, Alisma plantago-aquatica] |
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