ribwort meaning

• Noun: ribwort  'rib`wurt
  1. An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
     - English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ripple-grass, buckthorn, Plantago lanceolata

  Derived forms: ribworts

  Type of: plantain

  Encyclopedia: Ribwort

• ribwort plantain:     (or ribwort plant ...

Examples

1. Ribwort, a Russian roadside weed, makes face masques green.
2. The neutral grassland areas support crested dog's-tail, common knapweed, red fescue, ribwort.
3. It has diverse flora, with grasses such as meadow foxtail and sweet vernal-grass, and herbs including great burnet and ribwort plantain.
4. Infected crops of soybean, ribwort plantain, cabbage, banana, coffee bean plant all show markedly lower rates of herbivore damage compared to uninfected plants.
5. Species noted in 2007 include the Woodruff, Bird cherry, Primrose, Common violet, Oak, Stitchwort, Golden male ( Scaly ) fern, Bugle, Opposite-leaved Golden saxifrage, Bluebell, Dog's mercury, Broad buckler fern, Watercress, Lady fern, Male shield fern, Kidney vetch, Woodrush, Woodsedge, blackthorn, hawthorn, Marsh marigold, Foxglove, Sweet Cicely, Herb Robert, Red campion, Bistort, Ribwort plantain, Water avens, Wood avens, Moschatel, elm, alder, and many liverworts.