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lead⋅wort

  [led-wurt, -wawrt]
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–noun
any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
Origin:
1855–60; lead 2 + wort 2
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lead·wort   (lěd'wûrt', -wôrt')   
n.  

  1. Any of various chiefly tropical plants of the genus Plumbago, having clusters of variously colored flowers.

  2. Any of several similar plants.


[From the hue of some of its flowers.]
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