waybread
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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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[edit]Noun
[edit]waybread (countable and uncountable, plural waybreads)
- The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).
Further reading
[edit]Plantago major on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Plantago major on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Plantago major on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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- en:Plantain family plants