indigo
/ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/ noun B2- A purplish-blue color.
- A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.
- A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
- An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
Plural indigos
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Morrel is utterly ruined; he has lost five ships in two years, has suffered by the bankruptcy of three large houses, and his only hope now is in that very Pharaon which poor Dantès commanded, and which is expected from the Indies with a cargo of cochineal and indigo.
The sun had finally dipped below the horizon, painting the evening sky in vibrant hues of magenta and deep indigo.
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