"leadwort" meaning in All languages combined

See leadwort on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: leadworts [plural]
Etymology: From lead + wort. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lead#Etymology 1|wort}} lead + wort Head templates: {{en-noun}} leadwort (plural leadworts)
  1. Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
    Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
    Sense id: en-leadwort-en-noun--4UYLzSr Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes, Caryophyllales order plants Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 21 21 22 27 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 31 12 27 19 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 25 25 25 4 20
  2. Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
    Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
    especially, of species Plumbago europaea, of southern Europe, north Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and Armenia.
    Sense id: en-leadwort-en-noun-A4eur13h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Caryophyllales order plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 51 10 16 12 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 21 21 22 27 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 31 12 27 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 44 16 15 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 45 16 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 39 15 18 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 36 11 18 17 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 25 25 25 4 20
  3. Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
    Any of various plants of genus Ceratostigma.
    Sense id: en-leadwort-en-noun-MlFwtV2a Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes, Caryophyllales order plants Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 21 21 22 27 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 31 12 27 19 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 25 25 25 4 20
  4. A leadplant, a leguminous shrub of species Amorpha canescens,) of the western U.S. that has hoary pinnate leaves and bears dull-colored racemose flowers; supposed to help locate lead deposits.
    Sense id: en-leadwort-en-noun-6RwwXXOK Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 21 21 22 27 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 31 12 27 19
  5. Diverse plants that tolerate high levels of lead, such as spring sandwort (Sabulina verna subsp. verna, syn. Minuartia verna) and alpine pennycress (Noccaea caerulescens, syn. Thlaspi caerulescens).
    Sense id: en-leadwort-en-noun-1mvkOfrv Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Caryophyllales order plants Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 31 12 27 19 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 25 25 25 4 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blue leadwort (taxonomic: Ceratostigma plumbaginoides), Cape leadwort (taxonomic: Plumbago auriculata), Ceylon leadwort (taxonomic: Plumbago zeylanica), European leadwort (taxonomic: Plumbago europaea), Indian leadwort (taxonomic: Plumbago indica), scarlet leadwort (alt: syn. Plumbago rosea) (taxonomic: Plumbago indica), white leadwort (taxonomic: Plumbago zeylanica), wild leadwort (taxonomic: Plumbago zeylanica) Translations (Any of various herbs of the genus Plumbago): μολύβδαινα (molúbdaina) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), kékgyökér (Hungarian)
Disambiguation of 'Any of various herbs of the genus Plumbago': 40 40 13 2 4

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Ceratostigma plumbaginoides",
      "word": "blue leadwort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago auriculata",
      "word": "Cape leadwort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago zeylanica",
      "word": "Ceylon leadwort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago europaea",
      "word": "European leadwort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago indica",
      "word": "Indian leadwort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "syn. Plumbago rosea",
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago indica",
      "word": "scarlet leadwort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago zeylanica",
      "word": "white leadwort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago zeylanica",
      "word": "wild leadwort"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lead#Etymology 1",
        "3": "wort"
      },
      "expansion": "lead + wort",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From lead + wort.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leadworts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "leadwort (plural leadworts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 22 27 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 31 12 27 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 4 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Caryophyllales order plants",
          "orig": "en:Caryophyllales order plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Plants in family Plumbaginaceae",
        "Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers."
      ],
      "id": "en-leadwort-en-noun--4UYLzSr",
      "links": [
        [
          "Plumbaginaceae",
          "Plumbaginaceae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "maritime",
          "maritime"
        ],
        [
          "herb",
          "herb"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Plumbago",
          "Plumbago#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "leaves",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 51 10 16 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 22 27 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 31 12 27 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 44 16 15 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 45 16 15 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 39 15 18 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 36 11 18 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 4 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Caryophyllales order plants",
          "orig": "en:Caryophyllales order plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Plants in family Plumbaginaceae",
        "Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.",
        "especially, of species Plumbago europaea, of southern Europe, north Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and Armenia."
      ],
      "id": "en-leadwort-en-noun-A4eur13h",
      "links": [
        [
          "Plumbaginaceae",
          "Plumbaginaceae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "maritime",
          "maritime"
        ],
        [
          "herb",
          "herb"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Plumbago",
          "Plumbago#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "leaves",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 22 27 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 31 12 27 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 4 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Caryophyllales order plants",
          "orig": "en:Caryophyllales order plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Plants in family Plumbaginaceae",
        "Any of various plants of genus Ceratostigma."
      ],
      "id": "en-leadwort-en-noun-MlFwtV2a",
      "links": [
        [
          "Plumbaginaceae",
          "Plumbaginaceae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 22 27 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 31 12 27 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A leadplant, a leguminous shrub of species Amorpha canescens,) of the western U.S. that has hoary pinnate leaves and bears dull-colored racemose flowers; supposed to help locate lead deposits."
      ],
      "id": "en-leadwort-en-noun-6RwwXXOK",
      "links": [
        [
          "leadplant",
          "leadplant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 31 12 27 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 4 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Caryophyllales order plants",
          "orig": "en:Caryophyllales order plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Diverse plants that tolerate high levels of lead, such as spring sandwort (Sabulina verna subsp. verna, syn. Minuartia verna) and alpine pennycress (Noccaea caerulescens, syn. Thlaspi caerulescens)."
      ],
      "id": "en-leadwort-en-noun-1mvkOfrv"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "40 40 13 2 4",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "molúbdaina",
      "sense": "Any of various herbs of the genus Plumbago",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μολύβδαινα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 40 13 2 4",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Any of various herbs of the genus Plumbago",
      "word": "kékgyökér"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leadwort"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with manual fragments",
    "English nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for pronunciation in English entries",
    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "en:Caryophyllales order plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "taxonomic": "Ceratostigma plumbaginoides",
      "word": "blue leadwort"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago auriculata",
      "word": "Cape leadwort"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago zeylanica",
      "word": "Ceylon leadwort"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago europaea",
      "word": "European leadwort"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago indica",
      "word": "Indian leadwort"
    },
    {
      "alt": "syn. Plumbago rosea",
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago indica",
      "word": "scarlet leadwort"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago zeylanica",
      "word": "white leadwort"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Plumbago zeylanica",
      "word": "wild leadwort"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lead#Etymology 1",
        "3": "wort"
      },
      "expansion": "lead + wort",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From lead + wort.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leadworts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "leadwort (plural leadworts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Plants in family Plumbaginaceae",
        "Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Plumbaginaceae",
          "Plumbaginaceae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "maritime",
          "maritime"
        ],
        [
          "herb",
          "herb"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Plumbago",
          "Plumbago#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "leaves",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Plants in family Plumbaginaceae",
        "Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.",
        "especially, of species Plumbago europaea, of southern Europe, north Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and Armenia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Plumbaginaceae",
          "Plumbaginaceae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "maritime",
          "maritime"
        ],
        [
          "herb",
          "herb"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Plumbago",
          "Plumbago#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "leaves",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Plants in family Plumbaginaceae",
        "Any of various plants of genus Ceratostigma."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Plumbaginaceae",
          "Plumbaginaceae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A leadplant, a leguminous shrub of species Amorpha canescens,) of the western U.S. that has hoary pinnate leaves and bears dull-colored racemose flowers; supposed to help locate lead deposits."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leadplant",
          "leadplant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Diverse plants that tolerate high levels of lead, such as spring sandwort (Sabulina verna subsp. verna, syn. Minuartia verna) and alpine pennycress (Noccaea caerulescens, syn. Thlaspi caerulescens)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "molúbdaina",
      "sense": "Any of various herbs of the genus Plumbago",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μολύβδαινα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Any of various herbs of the genus Plumbago",
      "word": "kékgyökér"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leadwort"
}

Download raw JSONL data for leadwort meaning in All languages combined (3.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.