Indigo
['ɪndɪgəʊ] or ['ɪndɪɡo]
Definition
(noun.) a blue-violet color.
(noun.) deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye.
(adj.) having a color between blue and violet; 'indigo flowers' .
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Definition
(n.) A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.
(n.) A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican.
(a.) Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.
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Definition
n. a blue dye obtained from the stalks of the indigo plant.—Indigo blue the blue colouring matter of indigo a crystalline solid colourless and tasteless; Indigo plant a plant of the genus Indigofera from which indigo is obtained.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see indigo in a dream, denotes you will deceive friendly persons in order to cheat them out of their be longings. To see indigo water, foretells you will be involved in an ugly love affair.
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Examples
- When the plantation indigo was worth three-fourths of the price of the best French indigo, it was, by this act, entitled to a bounty of 6d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1840 Fritzsch obtained from indigo a product which he called Aniline, from Anil, the Portuguese for indigo. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1826 Unverdorben obtained from indigo a substance which he called Crystalline. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The white light of the sun is composed of the seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If we examine such a spectrum we find the following colors in order, each color imperceptibly fading into the next: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Its color at first is of a dark indigo-blue tint, changing soon into a permanent black. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He now stood, a most sinister phantom, half his person being dyed of the deepest tint of indigo, leaning on the desk. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Moreover, by the mixture of these three colors in proper proportions, any color of the spectrum, such as yellow or indigo or orange, may be obtained. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Up to that time, dyes were few in number and were extracted solely from plants, principally from the indigo and madder plants. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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