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Indigofera

In`di*gof"e*ra\, n. [NL., from E. indigo + L. ferre to bear.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria, and I. Anil.
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indigofera

noun
genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes 
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