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plumbago (encz) | plumbago,grafit n: Zdeněk Brož |
plumbago (encz) | plumbago,olověná ruda n: Zdeněk Brož |
plumbago (encz) | plumbago,tuha n: Zdeněk Brož |
plumbago (gcide) | Graphite \Graph"ite\, n. [Gr. gra`fein to write: cf. F.
graphite. See Graphic.] (Min.)
Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or
granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so
soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils
(improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a
lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead.
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Graphite battery (Elec.), a voltaic battery consisting of
zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting
liquid.
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Plumbago (gcide) | Plumbago \Plum*ba"go\, n. [L., from plumbum lead.]
1. (Min.) Same as Graphite.
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2. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty
salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort.
[1913 Webster] Plumbean |
plumbago (wn) | plumbago
n 1: used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
[syn: graphite, black lead, plumbago]
2: any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago |
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Plumbago (gcide) | Graphite \Graph"ite\, n. [Gr. gra`fein to write: cf. F.
graphite. See Graphic.] (Min.)
Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or
granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so
soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils
(improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a
lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead.
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Graphite battery (Elec.), a voltaic battery consisting of
zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting
liquid.
[1913 Webster]Plumbago \Plum*ba"go\, n. [L., from plumbum lead.]
1. (Min.) Same as Graphite.
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2. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty
salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort.
[1913 Webster] Plumbean |
Plumbago Europaea (gcide) | Leadwort \Lead"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of maritime herbs (Plumbago). Plumbago Europ[ae]a
has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored
flowers.
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genus plumbago (wn) | genus Plumbago
n 1: shrubs and herbs and woody vines of warm regions: leadwort |
plumbago europaea (wn) | Plumbago europaea
n 1: a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers [syn:
leadwort, Plumbago europaea] |
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