RIBWORT

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.

2.
n.

A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop exercises authority.


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