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leadwort
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lead·wort  (ldwûrt, -wôrt)
n.
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]
n
(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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Noun1.leadwortleadwort - 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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