'Plantago major' definitions:
Definition of 'Plantago major'
From: WordNet
noun
Common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed [syn: broad-leaved plantain, common plantain, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot, cart- track plant, Plantago major]
Definition of 'Plantago major'
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]