plantago lanceolata

3 definitions found

plantago lanceolata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kemps \Kemps\ (k[e^]mps), n. pl. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
     The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata
     ). --Dr. Prior.
     [1913 Webster]

  Ribwort \Rib"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long,
     narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass
     , ribwort plantain.
     [1913 Webster]

plantago lanceolata - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Plantago lanceolata
      n 1: an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely
           established in temperate regions [syn: English plantain,
           narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple- grass
           , buckthorn, Plantago lanceolata]