plumbago

英 [plʌm'beɪgəʊ]美 [plʌm'bego]

n. [矿物] 石墨；白花丹属植物

中文词源

plumbago 石墨

来自拉丁语plumbago,黑铅，一种铅矿，来自plumbum,铅，铅球，词源同plumb.

英文词源

plumbago (n.)

"graphite," 1784, from Latin plumbago "a type of lead ore, black lead," from plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)); it renders Greek molybdaina, which was used of yellow lead oxide and also of a type of plant (leadwort). Attested in English in the yellow oxide sense from 1610s; as a type of plant from 1747. Related: Plumbaginous.

双语例句

1. Any of various plants of the genus Plumbago; leadwort .

任何石墨属 白花 丹科的植物.

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