| 单词 | hen plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmashen plant hen plant n. either of two plantains, ribwort plantain, Plantago lanceolata, and greater plantain, P. major.Now only in lists of alternative names for these plants. [Perhaps so called on account of being used as food for chickens.] ΚΠ 1870 A. di San Giorgio Catalogo Poliglotto delle Piante 393 Plantago lanceolata..Eng. Ribwort. Hen-plant. Plantain Ribwort... Plantago major..Eng. Plantain, common. Henplant, great. Waybread, greater. 1921 Ladies' Home Jrnl. May 105/1 Everybody knows the plantain. Perhaps you are more familiar with it as the hen plant, for it is frequently called by that name. < as lemmas |
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