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PLANTAGO
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs
Synonyms:
genus Plantago; Plantago
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Plantago" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Plantago"):
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)
Holonyms ("Plantago" is a member of...):
family Plantaginaceae; Plantaginaceae; plantain family (cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds)
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