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ribgrass

(ˈrɪbˌɡrɑːs)

(Plants) another name for ribwort

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rib•grass

(ˈrɪbˌgræs, -ˌgrɑs)

n.

a plantain weed, Plantagolanceolata, with narrow basal leaves and small, whitish flowers.

[1530–40]

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ribgrass - an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions

English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, Plantago lanceolata, ribwort, 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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