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ribwort

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rib·wort  (rbwûrt, -wôrt)
n.
See plantain1.
ribwort [ˈrɪbˌwɜːt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Eurasian plant, Plantago lanceolata, that has lancelike ribbed leaves, which form a rosette close to the ground, and a dense spike of small white flowers: family Plantaginaceae Also called ribgrass See also plantain1
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Noun1.ribwort - an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regionsribwort - an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, Plantago lanceolata, ribgrass, ripple-grass, buckthorn
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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Roedd troed yr ir (Lotus corniculatus; bird's-foot trefoil) yn bennau melyn tlws o gwmpas, llyriad yr ais neu'r bengaled (Plantago lanceolata; ribwort plantain) a 'fioledau fyrdd' porffor yn bentyrrau dan draed.
Troi am Drwyn Eilian y tro 'ma by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Ribwort plantain extract also works wonders in the treatment of persistent dry cough.
Cough Treatment by greenherbal / Health, general community
Upland meadow flowers include wood crane's-bill, lady's mantle, pignut, globe flower, red clover, meadow vetchling, great burnet, ragged robin, melancholy thistle, meadow buttercup, selfheal, ribwort plantain, common knapweed, rough hawkbit, meadow saxifrage, devil's-bit scabious, sneezewort and common sorrel.
Schools join meadow campaign by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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