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plum·ba·go
\ˌpləmˈbā(ˌ)gō\ noun
Etymology: Latin, galena, leadwort, from plumbum lead
1. -s : graphite
2. [New Latin Plumbagin-, Plumbago, from Latin plumbagin-, plumbago]
a. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Plumbaginaceae) of herbs, shrubs, and woody climbers that are widely distributed in warm climates and have alternate sessile leaves and spicate blue, white, or rosy red flowers with a glandular calyx and a salver-shaped corolla
b. -s : any plant of this genus |