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leadwort en · NOUN

Etymology

From lead + wort.

Meanings

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Plants in family Plumbaginaceae ▸ Any of various plants of genus Ceratostigma.
4. 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.
5. 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).

Forms

Deriveds

Indian leadwort · Cape leadwort · white leadwort · Ceylon leadwort · scarlet leadwort · blue leadwort · wild leadwort · European leadwort

Translations (2)

grc μολύβδαινα (Any of various herbs of the genus Plumbago) · hu kékgyökér (Any of various herbs of the genus Plumbago)