Crossword-Solution: RIBWORT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ribwort | n. | A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain. |
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| Eurasian plant with lancelike ribbed leaves | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with RIBWORT (5)
The undulating green expanse was studded with the black knobs of ribwort plantain and gemmed with buttercups, which here were dotted like sparks of fire, here massed in broad bunches and splashes of color.
The Ribwort Plantain (_Plantago lanceolata_), Ribgrass, Soldiers, or Cocks and Hens, is named from the strong parallel veins in its leaves.
The powdered root of the Ribwort Plantain is of use for curing vernal ague, a dessertspoonful being given for a dose, two or three times in a day.
Many home-grown substitutes were used in Revolutionary times for tea: ribwort was a favorite one; strawberry and currant leaves, sage, thorough-wort, and "Liberty Tea," made from the four-leaved loosestrife.
Ribwort was also used to make a so-called tea--strawberry and currant leaves, sage, and even strong medicinal herbs likewise.