ˌplantəjəˈnāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Plantagin-, Plantago, type genus + -aceae
: a family of dicotyledonous plants constituting the order Plantaginales and characterized by spicate or capitate tetramerous flowers with a membranous or scarious corolla and a fruit that is a pyxidium or an indehiscent nutlet — see plantago
• plan·ta·gi·na·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|nāshəs adjective