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INDIGO
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Irregular inflected form: indigoes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A blue-violet color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("indigo" is a kind of...):
reddish blue; violet (a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
Synonyms:
indigo; indigo plant; Indigofera tinctoria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("indigo" 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"):
anil; Indigofera anil; Indigofera suffruticosa (shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye)
Holonyms ("indigo" 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)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
Synonyms:
anil; indigo; indigotin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("indigo" is a kind of...):
dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a color between blue and violet
Example:
indigo flowers
Classified under:
Similar:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
