Definition of Plumbago europaea

1. Noun. A plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers.

Exact synonyms: Leadwort
Group relationships: Genus Plumbago
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumbago Europaea

Plotinian
Plotinic
Plotinist
Plotinists
Plotinus
Plott hound
Plotz bacillus
Plough Monday
Plough Sunday
Plovdiv
Plow Monday
Plowright
Plumbaginaceae
Plumbaginales
Plumbago europaea
Plumeria
Plumeria acutifolia
Plumeria alba
Plumiera
Plummer's dilator
Plumularia
Plutarch
Plutarchian
Plutarchs
Pluteaceae
Pluteus aurantiorugosus
Pluteus cervinus
Pluteus magnus
Pluto

Literary usage of Plumbago europaea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the British Colonies by Robert Montgomery Martin (1835)
"... cyclamen europaeum (the juice is occasionally rubbed to the abdomen as a purgative); plumbago europaea (a poultice of the bruised leaves is a frequent ..."

2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science ... with French and Other by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"... but were useless ingredients; consisting — like shells in general—of carbonate of lime and gelatin. DENTARIA, Anthemis Pyrethrum, Plumbago- Europaea ..."

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