Definitions for Plumbago
plʌmˈbeɪ goʊplumba·go

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. graphite, black lead, plumbagonoun

   used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors

2. plumbagonoun

   any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plumbagonoun

   graphite

2. plumbagonoun

   leadwort

3. Etymology: From plumbago, from plumbum.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plumbago

   Plumbago is a genus of 10–20 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names include plumbago and leadwort (names which are also shared by the genus Ceratostigma).

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1. plumbago

   Plumbago is a genus of flowering plants comprising 10–20 species, known for their prolific blue, purple, red, and white flowers. They are commonly known as "plumbago" or "leadworts". The term is also historically used to refer to graphite, used in the manufacture of pencils.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plumbagonoun

   same as Graphite

2. Plumbagonoun

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

3. Etymology: [L., from plumbum lead.]

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1. Plumbago

   Plumbago is a genus of 10-20 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names include plumbago and leadwort. The generic name, derived from the Latin words plumbum and agere, was first used by Pliny the Elder for a plant known as μολυβδαινα to Pedanius Dioscorides. This may have referred to its lead-blue flower colour, the ability of the sap to create lead-colored stains on skin, or Pliny's belief that the plant was a cure for lead poisoning. The species include herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to 0.5–2 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, entire, 0.5–12 cm long, with a tapered base and often with a hairy margin. The flowers are white, blue, purple, red, or pink, with a tubular corolla with five petal-like lobes; they are produced in racemes. The flower calyx has glandular trichomes, which secrete a sticky mucilage that is capable of trapping and killing insects; it is unclear what the purpose of these trichomes is; protection from pollination by way of "crawlers", or possible protocarnivory.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plumbago

   plum-bā′go, n. a mineral composed of carbon, iron, and other materials, used for pencils, &c., popularly called 'blacklead:' graphite: a genus of plants with blue or violet flowers.—adj. Plumbag′inous. [L. plumbum, lead.]

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plumbago

   Soft lustrous graphite, a native form of carbon; sometimes chemically purified. It is used in electro-plating to give a conducting surface to non-conducting objects, such as wax moulds. The surface, after coating with plumbago, is sometimes dusted over with iron dust, which precipitates the metal of the bath and starts the plating. It is sometimes plated with copper, silver or gold, and is then termed coppered, silvered, or gilt plumbago. It is gilded by moistening with etherial solution of gold chloride and exposing to the air, and drying and igniting.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Plumbago in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Plumbago in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Plumbago
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plumbago
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbago
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Plumbago
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Plumbago
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Plumbago
8. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=Plumbago