'Mud plantain' definitions:

Definition of 'mud plantain'

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noun
Grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms [syn: water star grass, mud plantain, Heteranthera dubia]

Definition of 'Mud plantain'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]