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plumbagos Definition


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plumbago
noun plumbagos
    1. chem.2. A Mediterranean and tropical plant with spikes of lead-coloured flowers. Also called leadwort.
Etymology: 18c; 17c in obsolete sense ‘yellow oxide of lead': Latin, from Pliny's translation of Greek molybdaina lead or lead ore.



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