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Webster 1913 Edition

Waybread

Way′breadˊ

,
Noun.
[AS.
wegbr[GREEK]de
. See
Way
, and
Broad
.]
(Bot.)
The common dooryard plantain (
Plantago major
).

Definition 2025

waybread

waybread

English

Plantago major

Alternative forms

  • waybred

Noun

waybread ‎(countable and uncountable, plural waybreads)

  1. The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).

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/

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