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BASTARD INDIGO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers
Synonyms:
Amorpha californica; bastard indigo; false indigo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bastard indigo" is a kind of...):
amorpha (any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers)
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
Synonyms:
Amorpha fruticosa; bastard indigo; false indigo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("bastard indigo" is a kind of...):
amorpha (any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
East Indian shrub
Synonyms:
bastard indigo; Tephrosia purpurea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("bastard indigo" is a kind of...):
hoary pea (a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods)
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