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Webster 1913 Edition
Indigo
In′di-go
,Noun.
pl.
Indigoes
(#)
. 1.
A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.
2.
(Chem.)
A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders, such as, the woad,
Isatis tinctoria
(family Cruciferae
), Indigofera suffroticosa
, Indigofera tinctoria
(family Leguminosae
), Indigofera Anil
, Nereum tinctorium
, Polygonum tinctorium
Ait. (family Polygonaceae
), etc.; called also natural indigo
. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican
. ☞ Commercial indigo contains the essential coloring principle indigo blue or indigotine, with several other dyes; as, indigo red, indigo brown, etc., and various impurities. Indigo is insoluble in ordinary reagents, with the exception of strong sulphuric acid.
Chinese indigo
(Bot.)
, Isatis indigotica
, a kind of woad. Wild indigo
(Bot.)
, the American herb
Baptisia tinctoria
which yields a poor quality of indigo, as do several other species of the same genus.In′di-go
,Adj.
Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.
Indigo berry
(Bot.)
, the fruit of the West Indian shrub
– Randia aculeata
, used as a blue dye. Indigo bird
(Zool.)
, a small North American finch (
– Cyanospiza cyanea
). The male is indigo blue in color. Called also indigo bunting
. Indigo blue
. (a)
The essential coloring material of commercial indigo, from which it is obtained as a dark blue earthy powder, with a reddish luster,
C16H10N2O2
, which may be crystallized by sublimation. Indigo blue is also made from artificial amido cinnamic acid, and from artificial isatine; and these methods are of great commercial importance. Called also indigotin
. (b)
A dark, dull blue color like the indigo of commerce.
– Indigo brown
(Chem.)
, a brown resinous substance found in crude indigo.
– Indigo copper
(Min.)
, covellite.
– Indigo green
, a green obtained from indigo.
– Indigo plant
(Bot.)
, a leguminous plant of several species (genus
– Indigofera
), from which indigo is prepared. The different varieties are natives of Asia, Africa, and America. Several species are cultivated, of which the most important are the Indigofera tinctoria
, or common indigo plant
, the Indigofera Anil
, a larger species, and the Indigofera disperma
. Indigo purple
, a purple obtained from indigo.
– Indigo red
, a dyestuff, isomeric with indigo blue, obtained from crude indigo as a dark brown amorphous powder.
– Indigo snake
(Zool.)
, the gopher snake.
– Indigo white
, a white crystalline powder obtained by reduction from indigo blue, and by oxidation easily changed back to it; – called also
– indigogen
. Indigo yellow
, a substance obtained from indigo.
Webster 1828 Edition
Indigo
IN'DIGO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
indigó
indigó
Hungarian
Noun
indigó (plural indigók)
- anil, indigo (plant)
- indigo (colour)
- carbon paper
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | indigó | indigók |
| accusative | indigót | indigókat |
| dative | indigónak | indigóknak |
| instrumental | indigóval | indigókkal |
| causal-final | indigóért | indigókért |
| translative | indigóvá | indigókká |
| terminative | indigóig | indigókig |
| essive-formal | indigóként | indigókként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | indigóban | indigókban |
| superessive | indigón | indigókon |
| adessive | indigónál | indigóknál |
| illative | indigóba | indigókba |
| sublative | indigóra | indigókra |
| allative | indigóhoz | indigókhoz |
| elative | indigóból | indigókból |
| delative | indigóról | indigókról |
| ablative | indigótól | indigóktól |
| Possessive forms of indigó | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | indigóm | indigóim |
| 2nd person sing. | indigód | indigóid |
| 3rd person sing. | indigója | indigói |
| 1st person plural | indigónk | indigóink |
| 2nd person plural | indigótok | indigóitok |
| 3rd person plural | indigójuk | indigóik |