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BASTARD INDIGO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Amorpha californica; bastard indigo; false indigo

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Synonyms:

Amorpha fruticosa; bastard indigo; false indigo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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:

East Indian shrub

Synonyms:

bastard indigo; Tephrosia purpurea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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