FALSE INDIGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false indigo mean? 

• FALSE INDIGO (noun)
  The noun FALSE INDIGO has 3 senses:

1. any of several plants of the genus Baptisia

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

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

  Familiarity information: FALSE INDIGO used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE INDIGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several plants of the genus Baptisia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

false indigo; wild indigo

Hypernyms ("false 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 "false 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 ("false indigo" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amorpha fruticosa; bastard indigo; false indigo

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

amorpha (any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amorpha californica; bastard indigo; false indigo

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

amorpha (any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers)