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leadplant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lead-plant
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a tall deciduous shrub of species Amorpha canescens, in the pea family, native to North America, with very small purple flowers grouped in racemes.

Etymology

From lead + plant; its presence was supposed to indicate lead ore.

Inflected Forms

leadplants (plural)

Synonyms

lead plant amorpha canescens

Questions

What does leadplant mean?
a tall deciduous shrub of species Amorpha canescens, in the pea family, native to North America, with very small purple flowers grouped in racemes.
Where does leadplant come from?
From lead + plant; its presence was supposed to indicate lead ore.

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