1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. False Indigo

Definition of False Indigo in English :

Define False Indigo in English

False Indigo meaning in English

Meaning of False Indigo in English

Pronunciation of False Indigo in English

False Indigo pronunciation in English

Pronounce False Indigo in English

False Indigo

see synonyms of false indigo

Noun

1. false indigo, wild indigo

any of several plants of the genus Baptisia

2. amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo, false indigo

dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers

3. amorpha californica, bastard indigo, false indigo

an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

False Indigo

see synonyms of false indigo
n.
Any of several plants of the North American genera Amorpha and Baptisia of the pea family, formerly used as sources of blue dye. Also called wild indigo.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

cockup

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches