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Definition of Chinese indigo

Chinese indigo
2. (Chem.) A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. 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. Note: 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.

Meaning of Chinese indigo from wikipedia

- Look up Chinese indigo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chinese indigo may refer to: Isatis indigotica, a kind of woad Indigofera amblyantha, a kind...
- Indigo is a term used for a number of hues in the region of blue. The word comes from the ancient dye of the same name. The term "indigo" can refer to...
- names include Chinese indigo, ****anese indigo and dyer's knotweed. It is native to Eastern Europe and Asia. The leaves are a source of indigo dye. It was...
- Indigo dye is an organic compound with a distinctive blue color. Indigo is a natural dye extracted from the leaves of some plants of the Indigofera genus...
- Look up Indigo or indigo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Indigo is a color between blue and violet. Indigo or INDIGO may also refer to: IndiGo, a low-cost...
- amblyantha, the Chinese indigo or pink-flowered indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to central and southern China. A non‑climbing...
- cuernavacana Rose Indigofera cylindracea Baker Indigofera decora Lindl.—Chinese indigo var. chalara (Craib) Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng var. cooperi (Craib) Y.Y.Fang...
- Indigo children, according to a pseudoscientific New Age concept, are children who are believed to possess special, unusual, and sometimes supernatural...
- combination of indigo with realgar, named Qīnghuáng sǎn, is known in old traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) literature. In the 1960s, Zhōu Ǎixiáng of China Academy...
- Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap, indigo milky, the indigo (or blue) lactarius, or the blue milk mushroom, is a species of agaric...