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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL |
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PLANTAIN (Lat. plantago) , a name given to certain plants
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long spikes of P. major , when in seed, are used for feeding cage-birds; P. lanceolata, so called from its narrow lanceolate 36-ribbed leaves, is popularly known as ribwort; Alisma P. is the water-plantain, so called from the resemblance of its broad ribbed aerial leaves to those of .P. major . The tropical fruit known as plantain belongs to the genus Musa (see BANANA
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