indigo
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 靛青，靛蓝色
- adj.
- 靛蓝色的
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
16th century (as indico, modern spelling from the 17th century), Spanish índigo, Portuguese endego (modern índigo), or Dutch indigo (via Portuguese), all from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν (indikón, “Indian dye”), from Ἰνδία (Indía). Doublet of Indic. Compare Middle English inde.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A purplish-blue color.
- A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.
- A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
- An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush