false indigo

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.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	false indigo - any of several plants of the genus Baptisia wild indigo Baptisia, genus Baptisia - genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod Baptisia australis, blue false indigo - wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers Baptisia lactea, white false indigo - erect or spreading herb having racemes of creamy white flowers; the eastern United States Baptisia tinctoria, horsefly weed, indigo broom, rattle weed - much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida ligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
	2.	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 Amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo amorpha - any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers
	3.	false indigo - an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers Amorpha californica, bastard indigo amorpha - any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers

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