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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English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, buckthorn, Plantago lanceolata
broad-leaved plantain, common plantain, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot, cart-track plant, Plantago major
hoary plantain, Plantago media
fleawort, psyllium, Spanish psyllium, Plantago psyllium
rugel's plantain, broad-leaved plantain, Plantago rugelii
hoary plantain, Plantago virginica