Leadwort Definition

lĕdwûrt, -wôrt
noun
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.
Webster's New World
Any of various plants of the genus Ceratostigma, especially C. plumbaginoides, having shiny leaves and blue flowers and often grown as a ground cover.
American Heritage
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Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Plumbago europaea

Other Word Forms of Leadwort

Noun

Singular:
leadwort
Plural:
leadworts

Origin of Leadwort

  • Translation of Latin plumbāgō a kind of plant (perhaps of the genus Plumbago) from plumbum lead plumbago

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • lead +"Ž wort

    From Wiktionary

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