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Meaning of 'indigo' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Indigo [ a.]
- Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.
2 . Indigo [ n.]
- A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.
- A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican.

Meaning of 'indigo' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . indigo [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having a color between blue and violet
Example in sentence:
  • indigo flowers

Nearby Words:

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