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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indigo \In"di*go\, a. Having the color of pertaining to or derived from indigo. {Indigo berry} (Bot.), the fruit of the West Indian shrub {Randia aculeata}, used as a blue dye. {Indigo bird} (Zo["o]l.), a small North American finch ({Cyanospiza cyanea}). The male is indigo blue in color. Called also {indigo bunting}. {Indigo blue}. a The essential coloring material of commercial indigo, from which it is obtained as a dark blue earthy powder, with a reddish luster, {C16H10N2O2}, which may be crystallized by sublimation. Indigo blue is also made from artificial amido cinnamic acid, and from artificial isatine; and these methods are of great commercial importance. Called also {indigotin}. b A dark, dull blue color like the indigo of commerce. {Indigo brown} (Chem.), a brown resinous substance found in crude indigo. {Indigo copper} (Min.), covellite. {Indigo green}, a green obtained from indigo. {Indigo plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant of several species (genus {Indigofera}), from which indigo is prepared. The different varieties are natives of Asia, Africa, and America. Several species are cultivated, of which the most important are the {I. tinctoria}, or common indigo plant, the {I. Anil}, a larger species, and the {I. disperma}. {Indigo purple}, a purple obtained from indigo. {Indigo red}, a dyestuff, isomeric with indigo blue, obtained from crude indigo as a dark brown amorphous powder. {Indigo snake} (Zo["o]l.), the gopher snake. {Indigo white}, a white crystalline powder obtained by reduction from indigo blue, and by oxidation easily changed back to it -- called also {indigogen}. {Indigo yellow}, a substance obtained from indigo. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indigotin \In"di*go*tin\, n. (Chem.) See {Indigo blue}, under {Indigo}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indigotin n : a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically [syn: {anil}, {indigo}]
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