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English plantain
noun
a common plantain weed,
Plantago lanceolata,
having narrow basal leaves and a dense head of small, whitish flowers.
Also called
ribgrass
,
ripplegrass
,
ribwort
.
Origin of English plantain
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45