English plantain

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noun

a common plantain weed, Plantago lanceolata, having narrow basal leaves and a dense head of small, whitish flowers.

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Also called ribgrass, ripplegrass, ribwort.

Origin of English plantain

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Words nearby English plantain

Englishly, Englishman, Englishman's tie, English muffin, English pea, English plantain, English red, English Revolution, Englishry, English saddle, English self

How to use English plantain in a sentence

His first language was Russian, then he learned Swedish, but chooses to perform in monosyllabic broken English.
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“Gently rolling hills” roll not-so-gently under my tires, but the English countryside scenery is soporific.
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Her phone rings at least once an hour with questions from journalists, which she answers in Arabic, English, and sometimes French.
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“Deck the Halls” was written back in the 16th century, when the English language was very different.
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You mix up English working-class gruffness with African-American soul from the Deep South.
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Thomas Cooper, an English prelate, died; highly commended for his great learning and eloquence.
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A fancy came into my head that I would entertain the king and queen with an English tune upon this instrument.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Dockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.
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It seems to me that such verses as these might very well have satisfied the English admirers of Klopstock.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
William Woodville died; a distinguished English physician and medical writer.
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