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plumbago

plum.ba.go \.pl*m-'ba--(.)go-\ n [L plumbagin-, plumbago galena, leadwort, 
   fr. plumbum] [NL, genus name, fr. L] 1: GRAPHITE  2: any of a genus 
   (Plumbago of the family Plumbaginaceae, the plumbag o family) of woody 
   chiefly tropical plants with alternate leaves and spikes of showy flowers