tephrosia purpurea

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   East Indian shrub

   Synonymsbastard indigo

   Broaderhoary pea

Questions about tephrosia purpurea

What does tephrosia purpurea mean?

tephrosia purpurea means "East Indian shrub".

What is another word for tephrosia purpurea?

Close synonyms include bastard indigo. 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 tephrosia purpurea a common word?

tephrosia purpurea 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.