false indigo

false indigo

n.

1. A shrub (Amorpha fruticosa) of eastern North America, having compound leaves with numerous leaflets and long clusters of purplish flowers.

2. A plant (Baptisia australis) of the southeast United States, having compound leaves with three leaflets and deep blue or purplish flowers.

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