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WILD INDIGO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several plants of the genus Baptisia
Synonyms:
false indigo; wild indigo
Classified under:
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)