indigo

indigo is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.
2. noun. 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.
3. adjective. Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.
4. noun. a blue-violet color
5. noun. deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
6. noun. a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically

   Synonyms: anil, indigotin

7. adjective. having a color between blue and violet

   "indigo flowers"

Synonyms

anil, indigotin

Common word forms

indigos, indigoes

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