INDIGO PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indigo plant mean? 

• INDIGO PLANT (noun)
  The noun INDIGO PLANT 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: INDIGO PLANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIGO PLANT (noun)

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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 ("indigo plant" 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 "indigo plant"):

anil; Indigofera anil; Indigofera suffruticosa (shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye)

Holonyms ("indigo plant" 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)