indigo

indigo has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. a blue-violet color
• n.. deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
• n.. a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
• a.. having a color between blue and violet; "indigo flowers"