false indigo

n 1: any of several plants of the genus Baptisia [syn: {wild

indigo}]

2: dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the

eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage

and dense racemes of dark purple flowers [syn: {bastard

indigo}, {Amorpha fruticosa}]

3: erect to spreading hairy shrub of United States Pacific

coast having racemes of red to indigo flowers [syn: {bastard

indigo}, {Amorpha californica}]