The Collaborative International Dictionary
ribwort plantain
Ribwort \Rib"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A species of plantain ( Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.
Usage examples of "ribwort plantain".
Children whistled tunes on white dead-nettle stalks or willow stems, and sucked the nectar out of flowers, and played Fighting Cocks with the stems of ribwort plantain.