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lead·wort (l

wûrt

, -wôrt

)

1. Any of various chiefly tropical plants of the genus Plumbago, having clusters of variously colored flowers.

2. Any of several similar plants.

[From the hue of some of its flowers.]

leadwort [ˈlɛdˌwɜːt]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any shrub of the plumbaginaceous genus Plumbago, of tropical and subtropical regions, with red, blue, or white flowers

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leadwort - a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers

Plumbago europaea

genus Plumbago - shrubs and herbs and woody vines of warm regions: leadwort

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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