leadwort

lead·wort

L0086400 (lĕd′wûrt′, -wôrt′)n.1. Any of various chiefly tropical ornamental plants of the genus Plumbago, having five-lobed often blue flowers.2. Any of various plants of the genus Ceratostigma, especially C. plumbaginoides, having shiny leaves and blue flowers and often grown as a ground cover. In both senses also called plumbago.

[Translation of Latin plumbāgō, a kind of plant (perhaps of the genus Plumbago), from plumbum, lead; see plumbago.]

leadwort

(ˈlɛdˌwɜːt) n (Plants) any shrub of the plumbaginaceous genus Plumbago, of tropical and subtropical regions, with red, blue, or white flowers

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(ˈlɛdˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n. any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers. [1855–60]

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leadwort - a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowersPlumbago europaeagenus Plumbago - shrubs and herbs and woody vines of warm regions: leadwortbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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leadwort

(lĕd`wôrt, –wərt), common name for the Plumbaginaceae, a family of perennial herbs and shrubs usually found in semiarid regions, especially of the Mediterranean area and Central Asia. Several species—e.g., thrift (genus Armeria), prickly thrift (genus Acantholimon), sea lavender (genus Limonium), and plumbago, or leadwort (genus Plumbago)—are cultivated in gardens for their papery globe-shaped flowers of various colors, which are also used in everlastingeverlasting
or immortelle
, names for numerous plants characterized by papery or chaffy flowers that retain their form and often their color when dried and are used for winter bouquets and decorations.
..... Click the link for more information. bouquets. The common thrift, or sea pink, is Armeria maritima. The leadwort family is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Plumbaginales.

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noun a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers

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