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    INDIGO PLANT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dyeplay

    Synonyms:

    indigo; indigo plant; Indigofera tinctoria

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("indigo plant" 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 plant"):

    anil; Indigofera anil; Indigofera suffruticosa (shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye)

    Holonyms ("indigo plant" 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)

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