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WILD INDIGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wild indigo mean? 

WILD INDIGO (noun)
  The noun WILD INDIGO has 1 sense:

1. any of several plants of the genus Baptisiaplay

  Familiarity information: WILD INDIGO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WILD INDIGO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several plants of the genus Baptisia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

false indigo; wild indigo

Hypernyms ("wild indigo" is a kind of...):

ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wild indigo"):

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)

Holonyms ("wild indigo" is a member of...):

Baptisia; genus Baptisia (genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod)


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