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plumbago

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. plumbago (noun)
  2. plumbago blue (noun)
  3. plumbago family (noun)
  4. plumbago gray (noun)
  5. plumbago slate (noun)

plum·ba·go

noun \ˌpləm-ˈbā-(ˌ)gō\
plural plum·ba·gos

Definition of PLUMBAGO

1
[New Latin, from Latin] : any of a genus (Plumbago of the family Plumbaginaceae, the plumbago family) of chiefly tropical herbs and shrubs with alternate leaves and spikes of showy flowers
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: graphite 1

Origin of PLUMBAGO

Latin plumbagin-, plumbago galena, from plumbum
First Known Use: 1747

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