plumbago

plumbago
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}. [1913 Webster]

{Graphite battery} (Elec.), a voltaic battery consisting of zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting liquid. [1913 Webster]


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  • Plumbago — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Plumbago Plumbago auriculata Clasificación científica …   Wikipedia Español

  • Plumbago — Plumbago …   Wikipédia en Français

  • plumbago — (del lat. «plumbāgo, gĭnis», belesa; varias especies del género Plumbago, como Plumbago auriculata) m. *Planta plumbaginácea de flores en espiga blancas o de un hermoso color azul, muy abundantes durante todo el verano …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • plumbago — PLUMBÁGO s.m. Plantă ornamentală din sudul Australiei cu flori albastre. [< lat. plumbago]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 26.07.2005. Sursa: DN  PLUMBÁGO s. m. plantă ornamentală din sudul Australiei, cu flori albastre. (< lat. plumbago) Trimis… …   Dicționar Român

  • plumbago — ● plumbago nom masculin (latin plumbago) Herbe aux fleurs gamopétales de type 5, utilisée en médecine populaire. (Nom usuel dentelaire.) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • plumbago — (n.) graphite, 1784, from L. plumbago a type of lead ore, black lead, from plumbum lead (see PLUMB (Cf. plumb) (n.)); it renders Gk. molybdaina, which was used of yellow lead oxide and also of a type of plant …   Etymology dictionary

  • plumbago — [plum bā′gō] n. pl. plumbagos [L plumbago < plumbum, LEAD2] 1. GRAPHITE 2. Bot. LEADWORT plumbaginous [plumbaj′i nəs] adj …   English World dictionary

  • Plumbago — Plum*ba go, n. [L., from plumbum lead.] 1. (Min.) Same as {Graphite}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Plumbāgo — Plumbāgo, 1) (P. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Plumpagineae verae, 5. Kl. 1. Ordn. L.; Kelch röhrig, fünfzähnig, Blumenkrone trichterförmig od. fast präsentirtetierförmig fünflappig, fünf Staubgefäße, unterweibig, an der Basis… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Plumbāgo [1] — Plumbāgo (lat.), soviel wie Graphit …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Plumbāgo [2] — Plumbāgo L., Gattung der Plumbaginazeen, ausdauernde Kräuter oder Halbsträucher in zehn Arten, die in den wärmern und tropischen Gegenden verbreitet sind. P. europaea L. (Bleiwurz), im Mittelmeergebiet, 60 cm hoch, mit lanzettförmigen, am Rande… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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