any of several shrubby plants (genus Plumbago) of a family (Plumbaginaceae, order Plumbaginales) of dicotyledonous plants grown for their ornamental white, blue, or red flowers, esp. in warm climates
Origin of leadwort
lead + wortleadwort
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leadwort
noun
- Any of various chiefly tropical ornamental plants of the genus Plumbago, having five-lobed often blue flowers.
- Any of various plants of the genus Ceratostigma, especially C. plumbaginoides, having shiny leaves and blue flowers and often grown as a ground cover. Also called In both senses also called plumbago .
Origin of leadwort
Translation of Latin plumbāgō a kind of plant (perhaps of the genus Plumbago ) from plumbum lead ; see plumbago .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural leadworts)
- (botany) Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
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