| 释义 |
indigo plant
noun
1. : a plant that yields indigo: as
a. : any of several plants of the genus Indigofera (as I. tinctoria of Africa and India, I. anil of So. America, I. auriculata of Arabia and Egypt)
b. : an East Indian woody vine (Marsdenia tinctoria) that yields rank indigo
c. : an Asiatic herb (Polygonum tinctorium)
2.
a. : an Australian plant (as the Darling pea) of the genus Swainsona
b. : box brier |