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goodyera
(wn) | Goodyera
n 1: genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with
creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small
flowers [syn: Goodyera, genus Goodyera] |
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Goodyera pubescens
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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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genus goodyera
(wn) | genus Goodyera
n 1: genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with
creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small
flowers [syn: Goodyera, genus Goodyera] |
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