broadleaf plantain

noun

: broad-leaved plantain

Broadleaf plantain spreads by both seed and shoots from the roots.

—Sara Busse, Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette, 17 Aug. 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

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