Lexic.us

Definition of Indigo

1. Adjective. Having a color between blue and violet. "Indigo flowers"

2. Noun. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.

3. Noun. Deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye.

4. Noun. A blue-violet color.

Definition of Indigo

1. n. A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.

2. a. Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.

Definition of Indigo

1. Noun. A purplish-blue colour ¹

2. Noun. A blue dye obtained from certain plants (the indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye. ¹

3. Adjective. Having a deep blue colour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indigo

1. a blue dye [n -GOS or -GOES]

Medical Definition of Indigo

1. Origin: F. Indigo, Sp. Indigo, indico, L. Indicum indigo, fr. Indicus Indian. See Indian. 1. A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colours. 2. 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. Commercial indigo contains the essential colouring principle indigo blue or indigotine, with several other dyes; as, indigo red, indigo brown, etc, and various impurities. Indigo is insoluble in ordinary reagents, with the exception of strong sulphuric acid. Chinese indigo, the American herb Baptisia tinctoria which yields a poor quality of indigo, as do several other species of the same genus. Having the colour of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo. Indigo berry, the gopher snake. Indigo white, a white crystalline powder obtained by reduction from indigo blue, and by oxidation easily changed back to it; called also indigogen. Indigo yellow, a substance obtained from indigo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indigo

indign indignance indignancy indignant indignantly indignatio indignation indignations indignified indignifies

indignify indignifying indignities indignly indigo (current term) indigo bird indigo blue indigo broom indigo bunting indigo buntings

indigo carmine indigo finch indigo plant indigo snake indigo squill indigobird indigobirds indigoes indigofera

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