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plumbago |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plumbago \Plum*ba"go\, n. [L., from plumbum lead.] 1. (Min.) Same as {Graphite}. 2. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plumbago n 1: used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors [syn: {graphite}, {black lead}] 2: any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago
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