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Meaning of INDIGOFERA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes
 
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 Synonyms: genus Indigofera
 
 See Also: indigo, indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria, Papilionoideae, rosid dicot genus, subfamily Papilionoideae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In`di*gof"e*ra\, n. [NL., from E. indigo + L. ferre
to bear.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants having many species, mostly in
tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp.
{Indigofera tinctoria}, and {I. Anil}.
 

 

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