indigo-plantn.
A plant yielding indigo; spec. a plant of the genus Indigofera: cf. indigo n. 2.
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1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 137 (heading) The Effects of the Opuntia, or Prickly Pear, and of the Indigo Plant.
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 270 In that part of the country, the indigo plant taggum grows abundantly amidst the long grass.
1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxvii. 303 I shall present the curious with a drawing of the indigo plant.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 216 The indigo plant grows best in the East Indies.
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