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Meanings of false indigo in English

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Any of several plants of the genus Baptisia.

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

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Examples for "wild indigo"
Examples for "wild indigo"
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This plain was covered with wild indigo, and abounded with peafowl.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
2
The dye was made by digging up red shank and wild indigo roots which were boiled.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
3
We saw wild indigo around the missions of San Miguel de Davipe, San Carlos, and Mandavaca.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
4
They was dyed with copperas and wild indigo.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
5
The terraced slopes of the mountains, ablaze with wild indigo, closed in upon him and widened out.
The Broken Road
Usage of false indigo in English
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I'm anticipating the bloom of the False Indigo, and the way my hands will smell after weeding the bee balm and Agastache.
Wired
Translations for false indigo
Catalan
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