Leadplant

noun

1. A deciduous North American shrub <em>(Amorpha canescens)</em> in the pea family, having small purple flowers and pinnately compound leaves covered with whitish hairs.
2. A shrub (<spn>Amorpha canescens</spn>) of sandy woodlands and streambanks of the Western U. S. having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; it is thought to indicate the presence of lead ore.
3. 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