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INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Indigofera tinctoria mean?
• INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA (noun)
The noun INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA has 1 sense:
1. deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
Familiarity information: INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
indigo; indigo plant; Indigofera tinctoria
Hypernyms ("Indigofera tinctoria" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Indigofera tinctoria"):
anil; Indigofera anil; Indigofera suffruticosa (shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye)
Holonyms ("Indigofera tinctoria" is a member of...):
genus Indigofera; Indigofera (genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes)
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