wild indigo

American  

noun

1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Baptisia, of the legume family, especially B. tinctoria, having yellow flowers.

---

wild indigo British  

noun

1. any of several North American leguminous plants of the genus Baptisia, esp B. tinctoria, which has yellow flowers and three-lobed leaves

---

Etymology

Origin of wild indigo

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

wild indigo

As summer comes, white wild indigo, prairie dock and sky blue aster will hug the landscape.

From Washington Times ● May 23, 2020

Portuguese, Dutch and British visitors have sailed away with ginger, wild indigo, seven kinds of cinnamon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Range Management Expert Dick Whetsell can point out areas where cattle have wiped out prairie flowers, including wild indigo and blazing stars, leadplants and horsemint, prairie clover and many species of sunflowers.

From Time Magazine Archive

We saw wild indigo around the missions of San Miguel de Davipe, San Carlos, and Mandavaca.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

Amorpha, a-mor′fa, n. a genus of North American shrubs of the bean family, the false indigoes or lead-plants—also bastard or wild indigo.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various