leadwort

English edit

Etymology edit

lead +‎ wort

Noun edit

leadwort (plural leadworts)

Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.

Translations edit

Any of various herbs of the genus Plumbago

Greek:
Ancient: μολύβδαινα f (molúbdaina)
Hungarian: kékgyökér (hu)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “leadwort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)