| English noun: false indigo | 
| 1. | false indigo (plant) any of several plants of the genus Baptisia | 
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 | Synonyms | wild indigo | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | ligneous plant, woody plant | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | Baptisia australis, Baptisia lactea, Baptisia tinctoria, blue false indigo, horsefly weed, indigo broom, rattle weed, white false indigo | 
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 | Member meronym | Baptisia, genus Baptisia | 
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| 2. | false indigo (plant) dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers | 
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 | Synonyms | Amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | amorpha | 
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| 3. | false indigo (plant) an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers | 
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 | Synonyms | Amorpha californica, bastard indigo | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | amorpha | 
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