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Definition of Ribgrass
1. Noun. An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions.
Generic synonyms: Plantain
Definition of Ribgrass
1. Noun. ribwort; Old World plantain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ribgrass
1. a weedy plant [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribgrass
| ribbonlike ribbonry ribbons ribbonwoods ribbony ribby ribcage ribcages riberry ribes | ribeye ribeye steak ribeye steaks ribeyes ribibes ribible ribibles ribier ribiers ribin | ribins ribitol ribityl ribityls ribless riblet |
Literary usage of Ribgrass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1907)
"Lady's thumb, 300; witchgrass, 200; awned plantain, 300; ribgrass, 500; ...
Witchgrass, 100; green foxtail, 400; ribgrass, 180; dooryard plantain, 100. ..."
2. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"... PLANTAIN, ribgrass. (The old Latin name.) Flowers in a spike, on a naked scape,
small, ... ribgrass, ..."
3. A Preliminary Catalogue of the Flora of New Jersey by Nathaniel Lord Britton (1881)
"ribgrass. P. major, L. Great Plantain. Waste ground and ballast. ... P. lanceolata,
L. ribgrass. Dry fields. Common throughout. Nat.. Eu. ..."
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