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LEADPLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leadplant mean? 

LEADPLANT (noun)
  The noun LEADPLANT 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 oreplay

  Familiarity information: LEADPLANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEADPLANT (noun)


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 ("leadplant" is a kind of...):

amorpha (any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers)


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