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Definition of Lead plant
1. Noun. Shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lead Plant
Literary usage of Lead plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Local Economic Development: A Geographical Comparison of Rural Community by Cecily Neil, Markku Tykkyläinen (1998)
"Emissions from the KCM lead plant were also compared with the emissions of a
conventional lead plant in Western Europe that produced twice as much lead. ..."
2. The Law of Workmen's Compensation, Rules of Procedure, Tables, Forms by William Richard Schneider (1922)
"The claimant contracted lead poisoning in the course of his employment while
working in a white lead plant, and became sick and disabled by reason thereof. ..."
3. Metallurgy of Lead by Henrich Oscar Hofman (1918)
"COST or A 40-10^ SUBLIMED lead plant Railway and grading $8000 Office and ...
COST OF OPERATING A 4o-ToN SUBLIMED-lead plant Labor: i manager $10.00 i ..."
4. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"A. canescens is commonly known as "lead plant", because, according to Wood it
... Amorpha fruticosa, a taller species, is "lead plant", "river locust" and ..."
5. The Copper Handbook by Horace Jared Stevens, Walter Harvey Weed (1906)
"The lead plant, located at Grasselli, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago, has a monthly
capacity of 2000 tons, and is the first electrolytic lead refinery ln the ..."
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