indigo plant

1. 1.

   deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye

   SynonymsindigoIndigofera tinctoria

   Broadershrub

   Narroweranil

   Part ofIndigofera

Questions about indigo plant

What does indigo plant mean?

indigo plant means "deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye".

What is another word for indigo plant?

Close synonyms include indigo, Indigofera tinctoria. 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 indigo plant a common word?

indigo plant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.