LEAD PLANT

 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

Amorpha canescens; lead plant; leadplant

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Nouns denoting plants

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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