Definition of Indigos

1. indigo [n] - See also: indigo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indigos

indigo buntings
indigo carmine
indigo finch
indigo plant
indigo snake
indigo squill
indigobird
indigobirds
indigoes
indigofera
indigogen
indigoid
indigoids
indigometer
indigometry
indigos (current term)
indigotic
indigotin
indigotins
indigouria
indigrubin
indihumin
indilatory
indiligence
indiligent
indiminishable
indin
indinavir
indinavirs
indirect

Literary usage of Indigos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Coal Tar Dyes and Intermediates by Edward de Barry Barnett (1919)
"THE indigos /C°\ These all contain the group Ar<^ >C=, which on ^ /C(OHK reduction passes into Ar<" ^C — , the reduction pro- ducts being soluble in alkali ..."

2. Foods: Their Composition and Analysis by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1903)
"indigos AND VIOLETS. — The chief blues to be found, not of mineral origin, are indigo, litmus, and the aniline colours. ..."

3. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Herbaceous false indigos and rattle-boxes. There are two different kinds of ... Three kinds of herbaceous false indigos are known to occur in Minnesota. ..."

4. Selections from Calcutta Gazettes: Showing the Political and Social by Walter Scott Seton-Karr (1865)
"This experiment I think fully indicates that the fecula or colouring matter of the East India indigos is of the same nature, and probably produced from the ..."

5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain). (1905)
"Entgegnung. Zs. Elek- troch., Halle, 9, 1903, (007-608;. Heidrich, M. Die Gewinnung u. Entstehung des natürlichen indigos. Zs. angew. ..."

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