different between plumbago vs plumbagineous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumb?g? (“type of lead ore”), from plumbum (“lead”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pl?m?be????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pl?m?be??o?/

Noun

plumbago (countable and uncountable, plural plumbagos or plumbagoes)

1. (botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort. [from 17th c.]
2. (mineralogy, now chiefly historical) Graphite. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

• graphite
• black lead

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Plumbago”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “plumbago”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumb?g?. See also plombagine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plœ?.ba.?o/

Noun

plumbago m (plural plumbagos)

1. (botany) plumbago

Synonyms

• dentelaire

Latin

Etymology

plumbum (“lead”) +? -?g?

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /plum?ba?.?o?/, [p???m?bä??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plum?ba.?o/, [plum?b????]

Noun

plumb?g? f (genitive plumb?ginis); third declension

1. graphite
2. the color of graphite
3. leadwort

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: plumbago
• French: plombagine, plumbago
• Italian: piombaggine
• Spanish: plumbagina, plumbagíneo

References

• plumbago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• plumbago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Plumbaginaceae +? -ous

Adjective

plumbagineous (comparative more plumbagineous, superlative most plumbagineous)

1. Pertaining to the family (Plumbaginaceae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The family includes also statice, the thrift, and a few other genera.

References

• plumbagineous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.