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Definition of Plumbago

Plumbago
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.

Meaning of Plumbago from wikipedia

- Plumbago is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names...
- Plumbago auriculata, the Cape leadwort, blue plumbago or Cape plumbago, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to South Africa...
- Plumbago may refer to: Plumbago, the leadworts, a genus of flowering plants Plumbago (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterflies Used generically for lead...
- Plumbago zeylanica, commonly known as Ceylon leadwort, doctorbush or wild leadwort, is a species of plumbago with a pantropical distribution. Carl Linnaeus...
- producers of graphite. Historically, graphite was called black lead or plumbago. Plumbago was commonly used in its m****ive mineral form. Both of these names...
- Plumbago caerulea is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is native to South America. "Plumbago caerulea". ipni.org. International...
- Plumbago wissii is a species of plant in the family Plumbaginaceae endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It grows to around 2mm in diameter...
- Plumbago socotrana (synonym Dyerophytum socotranum) is a small shrub growing up to 2m tall, rather glaucous and covered in white mealy powder. It has yellow...
- Plumbago indica, the Indian leadwort, scarlet leadwort or whorled plantain, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to Southeast...
- Plumbago arabica is a species of flowering plant in the genus Plumbago. It is a subshrub native to western and central India and to Oman and the United...