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Chinese indigo

Chinese indigo noun: dyer's woad (Isatis tinctoria, syn. Isatis indigotica).

chinese indigo: dyer's woad (Isatis tinctoria, syn. Isatis indigotica)
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Noun

Chinese indigo (uncountable)

  1. Dyer's woad (Isatis tinctoria, syn. Isatis indigotica).
  2. Indigofera decora, a kind of indigo plant (summer wisteria).
  3. Japanese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria), a flowering plant in the buckwheat family.

Questions about Chinese indigo

What does Chinese indigo mean?
Chinese indigo means dyer's woad (Isatis tinctoria, syn. Isatis indigotica).
What part of speech is Chinese indigo?
Chinese indigo is a noun.

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