Definitions
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- noun type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs
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Examples
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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.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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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.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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Alisma plantago, L. A. trivialis and parviflora of Pursh.
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With the gradual warming of Earth and ocean temperatures that have also shifted rainfall patterns, the leaves of the plantago plant come out earlier.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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The lawn, which is extensive, is new grass, and appears to be excellently laid down, the herbage a fine crop of white clover (_trifolium repens_), trefoil, rib-grass (_plantago lanceolata_), and other good plants.
A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Arthur Young 1780
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Lazcano-Burciaga G. "Lipid - and glucose-lowering efficacy of plantago psyllium in type II diabetes".
Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010
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Lazcano-Burciaga G. "Lipid - and glucose-lowering efficacy of plantago psyllium in type II diabetes".
Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010
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Neem extract for its alleged antibacterial effect, and some plantago syrup for my bronchitis.
Planète Béranger v3 2009
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_plantain_, in Latin, _plantago_, which was, I suppose, imagined to be under the peculiar influence of the moon.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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Some include akebia (mu tong); pyrrosia flower (shi wei); plantago seed (che qian zi); dianthus herb (qu mai); lygodium spore (hai jin shu);
Letha's Asian Health Secrets Letha 2010
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