BASTARD INDIGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bastard indigo mean? 

• BASTARD INDIGO (noun)
  The noun BASTARD INDIGO has 3 senses:

1. East Indian shrub

2. dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers

3. an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers

  Familiarity information: BASTARD INDIGO used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASTARD INDIGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian shrub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bastard indigo; Tephrosia purpurea

Hypernyms ("bastard indigo" is a kind of...):

hoary pea (a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amorpha fruticosa; bastard indigo; false indigo

Hypernyms ("bastard indigo" is a kind of...):

amorpha (any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amorpha californica; bastard indigo; false indigo

Hypernyms ("bastard indigo" is a kind of...):

amorpha (any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers)