Indigo

Definitions

1. A purplish-blue color.
   countable, uncountable
2. A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia, named after Indigo Valley; in full, the Shire of Indigo.
3. An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
   countable, uncountable
4. A female given name.
5. An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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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