Dictionary entry

Plumbagin

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Plum‐ba″gin (plŭm‐bā″jĭn), n. [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.