Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
plan·ta·go Pronunciation:
plan-'tA-(")gO Function:
noun 1 capitalized : a large genus (the type of the familyPlantaginaceae) of weeds that have narrow or elliptic leaves and very small inconspicuous flowers in close-bracted spikes or heads, comprise the plantains, and include the Old World fleawort (
P.psyllium) and two other plants (
P. indica and
P. ovata) having indigestible and mucilaginous seeds used as a mild cathartic —see
PSYLLIUM SEED
2 : PLANTAIN
