bastard indigo

noun

a bushy shrub, Amorpha fruticosa, of the legume family, native to North America, having elongated clusters of dull purplish or bluish flowers.

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bastard indigo
noun
1.	East Indian shrub
2.	dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers [syn: false indigo]
3.	an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers [syn: false indigo]

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