wild indigo
any of several plants belonging to the genus Baptisia, of the legume family, especially B. tinctoria, having yellow flowers.
Origin of wild indigo
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How to use wild indigo in a sentence
The plants and bushes were dry; but wild indigo abounded, as indeed it does over large tracts of Africa.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David LivingstoneSeveral are to be found in April and May amid the wild indigo that grows on the Lahore golf links.
Indian Birds | Douglas DewarThis plain was covered with wild indigo, and abounded with peafowl.
The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon | Samuel White BakerThe “wild indigo tree,” was also seen growing in the woods, with a leaf narrow at the base, and broad at the extremity.
The Forest Exiles | Mayne ReidShe dye wid copperas and walnut and wild indigo and things like dat and make pretty cloth.
Slave Narratives, Oklahoma | Various
British Dictionary definitions for wild indigo
any of several North American leguminous plants of the genus Baptisia, esp B. tinctoria, which has yellow flowers and three-lobed leaves
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