PLUMBAGO


Meaning of PLUMBAGO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpləm-ˈbā-(ˌ)gō ]

noun

( plural -gos )

Etymology: Latin plumbagin-, plumbago galena, from plumbum

Date: 1747

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[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

2. : graphite 1

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