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• PLANTAIN (Lat. plantago)

PLANTAIN (See also:

• LAT

Lat. plantago)  , a name given to certain See also:

• PLANTS

plants with broad leaves . This is the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case with certain See also:

• SPECIES

species of Planlago, Alisma and Musa, to all of which the See also:

• TERM

term is popularly applied . The species of Piantago are mostly weeds with a dense tuft of See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical leaves and scapes bearing terminal spikes of small See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers; the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long spikes of P. See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major, when in See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed, are used for feeding cage-birds; P. lanceolata, so called from its narrow lanceolate 3—6-ribbed leaves, is popularly known as ribwort; Alisma P. is the See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• PLANTAIN (Lat. plantago)

plantain, so called from the resemblance of its broad ribbed aerial leaves to those of .P. major . The tropical See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit known as plantain belongs to the genus Musa (see See also:

• BANANA

BANANA) .