Usually means: Graphite, used for marking, lubrication.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. plumbago: Merriam-Webster
  2. Plumbago, plumbago: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plumbago: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. plumbago: Collins English Dictionary
  5. plumbago: Vocabulary.com
  6. Plumbago, plumbago: Wordnik
  7. plumbago: Wiktionary
  8. plumbago: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. plumbago: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. plumbago: Dictionary.com
  11. plumbago: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Plumbago (disambiguation), Plumbago (mineral), Plumbago: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Plumbago: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. plumbago: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. plumbago: Rhymezone
  16. Plumbago: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. plumbago: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. plumbago: FreeDictionary.org
  19. plumbago: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. plumbago: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. plumbago: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plumbago: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Plumbago (plant), plumbago: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. plumbago: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. plumbago: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Plumbago: Botanical Name listing of Plants
  2. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plumbago: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See plumbagos as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (plumbago)

noun:  (botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort.
noun:  (mineralogy, now chiefly historical) Graphite.

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