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waybread

/ˈweɪ.bɹɛd/

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From Middle English weybrede, 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”).

noun waybreads · waybred

countable, uncountable The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).

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@misc{waybread_2026,
  title = {waybread},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/waybread},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}