waybread

English

Plantago major

Alternative forms

  • waybred

Etymology

From Middle English weybrede, weibrede, from Old English weġbrǣde, weġbrāde (“waybread, plantain, dock”), equivalent to way +‎ bread (“broadness, breadth”). Cognate with Scots waybred (“waybread”), Dutch weegbree (“waybread”), German Wegebreit (“waybread”), Danish vejbred (“waybread”), Swedish vägbreda (“waybread”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈweɪ.bɹɛd/

Noun

waybread (countable and uncountable, plural waybreads)

  1. The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).

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