false_indigo
1. [ noun ] (botany) dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers
Synonyms: Amorpha_fruticosa bastard_indigo
Related terms: amorpha
2. [ noun ] (botany) any of several plants of the genus Baptisia
Synonyms: wild_indigo
Related terms: woody_plant blue_false_indigo indigo_broom white_false_indigo Baptisia
3. [ noun ] (botany) erect to spreading hairy shrub of United States Pacific coast having racemes of red to indigo flowers
Synonyms: Amorpha_californica bastard_indigo
Related terms: amorpha
Similar spelling:   fall_equinox
  false_morel
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