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HOARY PLANTAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hoary plantain mean?
• HOARY PLANTAIN (noun)
The noun HOARY PLANTAIN has 2 senses:
1. North American annual or biennial with long soft hairs on the leaves
2. widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowers
Familiarity information: HOARY PLANTAIN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American annual or biennial with long soft hairs on the leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hoary plantain; Plantago virginica
Hypernyms ("hoary plantain" is a kind of...):
plantain (any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hoary plantain; Plantago media
Hypernyms ("hoary plantain" is a kind of...):
plantain (any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally)
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