Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leadwort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lead-wort
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Plants in family Plumbaginaceae

noun

Plants in family Plumbaginaceae

noun

Plants in family Plumbaginaceae

noun

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.

noun

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).

Etymology

From lead + wort.

Inflected Forms

leadworts (plural)

Phrases

blue leadwort Cape leadwort Ceylon leadwort European leadwort Indian leadwort scarlet leadwort white leadwort wild leadwort

Synonyms

plumbago europaea

Questions

What does leadwort mean?: Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
Where does leadwort come from?: From lead + wort.

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