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Plumbago

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from Lat. plumbum, lead), a name frequently applied to graphite, in allusion to its remote resemblance to lead, whence it is popularly called "black-lead." It was formerly held in repute in medicine, but is now regarded as having no medicinal properties of any value.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Plumbago'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/plumbago.html. 1910.
 
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