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noun
An American herb of species Baptisia tinctoria, which yields a poor quality of indigo, as do several other species of the same genus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: yellow false indigo
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of several plants of the genus Baptisia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: false indigo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: woody plant, ligneous plant
Narrower terms: blue false indigo, Baptisia australis, white false indigo, Baptisia lactea, indigo broom, horsefly weed, rattle weed, Baptisia tinctoria
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