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单词 ribwort
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ribwort

[ rib-wurt, -wawrt ]
/ ˈrɪbˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /

noun

English plantain.

Origin of ribwort

1325–75; Middle English. See rib1, wort2

Words nearby ribwort

ribozyme, rib roast, rib steak, rib-tickler, rib-tickling, ribwort, RIC, Ricardian theory of rent, Ricardo, Ricardo, David, Riccati equation
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Example sentences from the Web for ribwort

  • We read of tea made from ribwort, from sage, from thoroughwort, from strawberry and currant leaves.

    Abigail Adams and Her Times|Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
  • Ribwort was also used to make a so-called tea—strawberry and currant leaves, sage, and even strong medicinal herbs likewise.

    Customs and Fashions in Old New England|Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for ribwort

ribwort
/ (ˈrɪbˌwɜːt) /

noun

a Eurasian plant, Plantago lanceolata, that has lancelike ribbed leaves, which form a rosette close to the ground, and a dense spike of small white flowers: family PlantaginaceaeAlso called: ribgrass See also plantain 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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