common plantain

noun

: broad-leaved plantain

Common plantain is easily identified by its broad oval 2- to-3-inch-long leaves marked with deep parallel veins.

—Nancy Rose, Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 9 June 2004

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

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