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LEAD PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lead plant mean?
• LEAD PLANT (noun)
The noun LEAD PLANT has 1 sense:
1. shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore
Familiarity information: LEAD PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Amorpha canescens; lead plant; leadplant
Hypernyms ("lead plant" is a kind of...):
amorpha (any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers)
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