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false indigo

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: false indigo

1
 n
dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers
2
 n
any of several plants of the genus Baptisia
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: false indigo
1

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

Synonyms:
Amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo
Type of:
amorpha
any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers

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

Synonyms:
Amorpha californica, bastard indigo
Type of:
amorpha
any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers
2

n any of several plants of the genus Baptisia

Synonyms:
wild indigo
Types:
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
Type of:
ligneous plant, woody plant
a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
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