Waybread

//ˈweɪ.bɹɛd// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major). countable, uncountable

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plantainplantain

Etymology

From Middle English weybrede, from Old English weġbrǣde, weġbrāde (“waybread, plantain, dock”), equivalent to way + bread (“broadness, breadth”). Cognate with Scots waybred (“waybread”), Dutch weegbree (“waybread”), German Wegebreit (“waybread”), Danish vejbred (“waybread”), Swedish vägbreda (“waybread”).

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plantago major

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