leadwort

English

Etymology

From lead +‎ wort.

Pronunciation

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Noun

leadwort (plural leadworts)

1. Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
   1. Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
      1. especially, of species Plumbago europaea, of southern Europe, north Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and Armenia.
   2. Any of various plants of genus Ceratostigma.
2. 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.
3. 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).

Derived terms

• blue leadwort (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)
• Cape leadwort (Plumbago auriculata)
• Ceylon leadwort (Plumbago zeylanica)
• European leadwort (Plumbago europaea)
• Indian leadwort (Plumbago indica)
• scarlet leadwort (Plumbago indica, syn. Plumbago rosea)
• white leadwort (Plumbago zeylanica)
• wild leadwort (Plumbago zeylanica)

Translations

Any of various herbs of the genus Plumbago

Greek: Ancient: μολύβδαινα f (molúbdaina) Hungarian: kékgyökér (hu)

References

• leadwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “leadwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Plumbago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia