green indigo
Synonym of lokao.
The green indigo brought over from India in 1790, by Prinsep, appears to have been, according to the statements and researches of Bancroft, a substance analogous to chlorophyl, sol
indigo
/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/
noun 4name 2adj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
against, blue, blue, bluer, green, over, yellow
VERB + INDIGO
can't, remove, said, seen
INDIGO + NOUN
bunting, roger, rumbelow, violet
PREP.
in, until, with
Definitions
noun
1
A purplish-blue color.
2
A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.
The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.
3
A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
4
An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
adj
1
having a deep purplish-blue colour
name
1
A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia, named after Indigo Valley; in full, the Shire of Indigo.
2
A female given name.
Details of Thunberg’s charge came as Just Stop Oil said its cofounders, Indigo Rumbelow and Roger Hallam, were arrested on Wednesday morning following dawn raids at their homes.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
- anil
- indigotin
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Idioms & Phrases
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The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow,
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Details of Thunberg’s charge came as Just Stop Oil said its cofounders, Indigo Rumbelow and Roger Hallam, were arrested on Wednesday morning following dawn raids at their homes.
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Jeans manufacturers make denim bluer with indigo dye.
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A rainbow consists of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
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The visible colors of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
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I had never seen an indigo bunting until I moved here.
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