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noun
Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
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noun
Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
especially, of species Plumbago europaea, of southern Europe, north Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and Armenia.
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Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
Any of various plants of genus Ceratostigma.
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A leadplant, a leguminous shrub of species Amorpha canescens,) of the western U.S. that has hoary pinnate leaves and bears dull-colored racemose flowers; supposed to help locate lead deposits.
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Diverse plants that tolerate high levels of lead, such as spring sandwort (Sabulina verna subsp. verna, syn. Minuartia verna) and alpine pennycress (Noccaea caerulescens, syn. Thlaspi caerulescens).
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a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Plumbago europaea
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
From lead + wort.
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