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WILD INDIGO

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several plants of the genus Baptisiaplay

Synonyms:

false indigo; wild indigo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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