Common indigo: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Common indigo in English is the name of a plant defined with Indigofera tinctoria in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Indigofera anil L. var. orthocarpa DC. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Cytologia (1989)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1789)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Taxon (1982)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
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Partial matches: Indigo.
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