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Webster 1913 Edition

Plumbago

Plum-ba′go

,

Noun.

[L., from

plumbum

lead.]

1.

(Min.)

Same as

.

2.

(Bot.)

A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort.

Webster 1828 Edition

Plumbago

PLUMBA'GO

,

Noun.

[L.] A mineral consisting of carbon and iron; used for pencils, &c.