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Genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes
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indigofera
Word definitions for indigofera in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Indigofera is a large genus of over 750 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae . They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indigofera \In`di*gof"e*ra\, n. [NL., from E. indigo + L. ferre to bear.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants (family Leguminosae ) having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria , Indigofera ...
Usage examples of indigofera.
Except, perhaps, at the shop where the local chemist made batches of ink by boiling Indigofera plants and copper sulfate together for days until they formed a blue so dark and deep that it approached violet.