Ribwort: alternatives and connections

A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now w…

A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass.

A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia coronopifolia.

A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Al…

A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.

Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other spe…

any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as groun…

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks…

A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- cal…

A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.

An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds.

A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Sou…

A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large…

The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata).

A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as…

Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a…

A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca…