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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as indigo blue (which see, under indigo).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) See Indigo blue, under indigo.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry A dark blue compound that is the principal dye in indigo

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[indigo + –in.]

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