| 单词 | wild indigo |
| 释义 | wild indigo (once / 231752 pages) n WORD FAMILY wild indigo USAGE EXAMPLESAmorpha, a-mor′fa, n. a genus of North American shrubs of the bean family, the false indigoes or lead-plants—also bastard or wild indigo. Various, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictio...(2011) The “wild indigo tree,” was also seen growing in the woods, with a leaf narrow at the base, and broad at the extremity. Reid, Mayne, Popular Adventure Tales(2010) Blue was obtained from wild indigo; brown from walnut hulls; black from the bark of scrub-oak; and yellow from laurel leaves. Webster, Marie D. (Marie Daugherty), Quilts—Their Story and How to Make...(2010) n any of several plants of the genus Baptisia Syn|Hypo|Hyper false indigo Baptisia australis, blue false indigo wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers Baptisia lactea, white false indigoerect or spreading herb having racemes of creamy white flowers; the eastern United States Baptisia tinctoria, horsefly weed, indigo broom, rattle weedmuch-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida ligneous plant, woody plant a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems |
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