Definition of "plantago" [plantago]

• Type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "In a study of the treatment of senile brain function, Wang Xuemei and Xie Zhufan treated 53 patients, aged sixty to eighty, with Wu Zi Yan Zong Fluid which contains cuscuta, lycium, rubus, plantago seed, and schizandra for six weeks."
• "Alisma plantago, L. A. trivialis and parviflora of Pursh."
• "With the gradual warming of Earth and ocean temperatures that have also shifted rainfall patterns, the leaves of the plantago plant come out earlier."