wild indigo


noun
  1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Baptisia, of the legume family, especially B. tinctoria, having yellow flowers.

Origin of wild indigo

1
An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

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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.

  • Several are to be found in April and May amid the wild indigo that grows on the Lahore golf links.

    Indian Birds | Douglas Dewar
  • This plain was covered with wild indigo, and abounded with peafowl.

  • The “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 Reid
  • She dye wid copperas and walnut and wild indigo and things like dat and make pretty cloth.

British Dictionary definitions for wild indigo

wild indigo

noun
  1. 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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