waybread

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English

Plantago major

Alternative forms

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”).

Pronunciation

Noun

waybread (countable and uncountable, plural waybreads)

  1. The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).

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