'Water plantain' definitions:
Definition of 'water plantain'
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noun
Marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves [syn: water plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica]
Definition of 'Water 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]
Definition of 'Water plantain'
From: GCIDE
- Water plantain \Wa"ter plan"tain\ (Bot.) A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain. [1913 Webster]