English > plantain: 3 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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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| Member of | Plantago, genus Plantago | type genus of the family Plantaginaceae |
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| Narrower | English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, buckthorn, Plantago lanceolata | An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions |
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| broad-leaved plantain, common plantain, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot, cart-track plant, Plantago major | Common European perennial naturalized worldwide / worldwide |
| fleawort, psyllium, Spanish psyllium, Plantago psyllium | plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative |
| hoary plantain, Plantago media | widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowers |
| hoary plantain, Plantago virginica | North American annual or biennial with long soft hairs on the leaves |
| rugel's plantain, broad-leaved plantain, Plantago rugelii | North American plantain having reddish leafstalks and broad leaves |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Spanish | llantén |
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