PLANTAGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Plantago mean? 

• PLANTAGO (noun)
  The noun PLANTAGO has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs

  Familiarity information: PLANTAGO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLANTAGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Plantago; Plantago

Hypernyms ("Plantago" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Plantago"):

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)

Holonyms ("Plantago" is a member of...):

family Plantaginaceae; Plantaginaceae; plantain family (cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds)

 Context examples 

A phytochemical-based toothpaste containing Calendula officinalis, Plantago major, Cochlearia armoracia, Hamamelis virginiana with potential soothing activity.

(Calendula officinalis/Plantago major/Cochlearia armoracia/Hamamelis virginiana Herbal Toothpaste, NCI Thesaurus)

Calendula officinalis/Plantago major/Cochlearia armoracia/ Hamamelis virginiana herbal toothpaste may relieve the discomfort associated with radiation-induced mucositis.

(Calendula officinalis/Plantago major/Cochlearia armoracia/Hamamelis virginiana Herbal Toothpaste, NCI Thesaurus)