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Definition of Hoary plantain

1. Noun. North American annual or biennial with long soft hairs on the leaves.

2. Noun. Widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoary Plantain

hoarseness hoarsenesses hoarsening hoarsens hoarser hoarsest hoarstone hoarstones hoary hoary alison

hoary alyssum hoary golden bush hoary marmot hoary marmots hoary pea hoary plantain (current term) hoary puccoon hoary willow hoas hoast

hoasted hoasting hoastman hoastmen hoasts hoatzin hoatzines hoatzins hoax hoaxed

Literary usage of Hoary plantain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"hoary plantain (P. media). This species grows abundantly in chalky or gravelly ... The hoary plantain, a great and lasting nuisance in fine grass-plats, ..."

2. A Class-book of Botany by Alphonso Wood (1851)
"hoary plantain. Lrs. ovate, pubescent ; spite short, cylindric ; scape round ; s/is. solitary in each cell of the pyxis.—7J. Grows in pastures and roadsides ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Plantago media L. hoary plantain; Lamb's-tongue Herbaceous perennial Ballast, waste ground and lawns. Plantago psyllium L. Flaxseed plantain; ..."

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