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English Dictionary: Plumbago by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plumbago
n
  1. used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
    Synonym(s): graphite, black lead, plumbago
  2. any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plumbago \Plum*ba"go\, n. [L., from plumbum lead.]
      1. (Min.) Same as {Graphite}.
  
      2. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty
            salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort.
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