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Webster 1913 Edition

Plumbagin

Plum-ba′gin

(plŭm-bā′jĭn)

,

Noun.

[L.

plumbago

leadwort, fr.

plumbum

lead; cf. F.

plombagin

.]

(Chem.)

A crystalline substance said to be found in the root of a certain plant of the Leadwort (

Plumbago

) family.