false indigo

Questions about false indigo

What does false indigo mean?

false indigo means "any of several plants of the genus Baptisia". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for false indigo?

Close synonyms include wild indigo, bastard indigo, Amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo, Amorpha californica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is false indigo a common word?

false indigo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.