INDIGOFERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indigofera mean? 

• INDIGOFERA (noun)
  The noun INDIGOFERA has 1 sense:

1. genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes

  Familiarity information: INDIGOFERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIGOFERA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Indigofera; Indigofera

Hypernyms ("Indigofera" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Indigofera"):

indigo; indigo plant; Indigofera tinctoria (deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye)

Holonyms ("Indigofera" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)