plumbago
plumbago · plumbagos · plumbagoes
Bleiwurz
A plant of the genus PlumbagoA plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort.
UK/plʌmˈbeɪɡəʊ/US/pləmˈbeɪɡoʊ/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort.
Bleiwurz
any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago
(countable, historical, uncountable)Graphite.
Translations
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By meaning 1
leadwort:
Origin
Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō (“type of lead ore”), from plumbum (“lead”).Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō (“type of lead ore”), from plumbum (“lead”).
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Forms
plural: plumbagos / plumbagoes| Singular | plumbago |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors:graphiteblack lead
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedplumbagin
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.