plan.ˈtā(ˌ)gō noun
Etymology: New Latin Plantagin-, Plantago, from Latin, plantain — more at plantain
1. capitalized : a large genus (the type of the family Plantaginaceae) of acaulescent or short-stemmed chiefly dooryard or roadside weeds that have narrow or elliptic leaves and very small inconspicuous flowers in close-bracted spikes or heads — see plantain , ribgrass I
2. -s : any plant of the genus Plantago