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RIBWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ribwort mean?
• RIBWORT (noun)
The noun RIBWORT has 1 sense:
1. an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
Familiarity information: RIBWORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
buckthorn; English plantain; narrow-leaved plantain; Plantago lanceolata; ribgrass; ribwort; ripple-grass
Hypernyms ("ribwort" 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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