Indigo

Quick meaning: Indigo is a noun meaning A purplish-blue color.

Meaning

A purplish-blue color.

More Meanings

1. A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.
2. A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
3. having a deep purplish-blue colour
4. An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).

Example Sentences

A Southern planter has been sowing indigo and cotton together. Perhaps he contemplates raising blue cotton; and should he wa­ter the plants with nitric acid, he would probably raise gun cotton—if any.

The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.

Word Forms

• indigos
• indigoes

Synonyms for indigo

Depending on context, synonyms include anil, indigotin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include anil, indigotin, carmine, weed, herb, pot.

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