leadwort (English, noun)
expansion: leadwort (plural leadworts)
Senses:
glosses: Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
glosses: Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
especially, of species Plumbago europaea, of southern Europe, north Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and Armenia.
glosses: Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
Any of various plants of genus Ceratostigma.
glosses: A leadplant, a leguminous shrub of species Amorpha canescens,) of the western U.S. that has hoary pinnate leaves and bears dull-colored racemose flowers; supposed to help locate lead deposits.
glosses: Diverse plants that tolerate high levels of lead, such as spring sandwort (Sabulina verna subsp. verna, syn. Minuartia verna) and alpine pennycress (Noccaea caerulescens, syn. Thlaspi caerulescens).
Forms:
form: leadworts
tags: plural