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Leadplant

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Noun

1. amorpha canescens, lead plant, leadplant

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Leadplant

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noun
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any of several North American shrubs of the genus Amorpha, esp Amorpha canescens, which was thought by some early miners to indicate the presence of lead ore

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Leadplant

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noun
a small, leguminous, American plant (Amorpha canescens) thought by early miners to indicate lead deposits

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Leadplant

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n.
A deciduous North American shrub (Amorpha canescens) in the pea family, having small purple flowers and pinnately compound leaves covered with whitish hairs.

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