indigo
noun
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
Several washes are on sale, but the light indigo and dark indigo options are more than 50 percent off.
—Clint Davis, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
The big picture: The large swallows — identified by their indigo feathers and long, tapered wings — spend each summer in the Houston area to roost and feed on insects to fuel up before their long journey to South America.
—Nicole Cobler, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
This process is suitable not only for indigo and black denim but also for garments treated with Officina+39’s premium dyestuffs such as Recycrom, which is a ready-to-dye trademarked technology that includes 15 dyestuffs from a standard color card.
—Andrea Onate, WWD, 12 June 2024
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indigo
noun
from an Italian dialect word indigo "a blue dye from indigo plants," from Latin indicum (same meaning), derived from Greek indikos (adjective) "of or relating to India"; so called because the plant dye was first widely produced in India
Medical Definition
indigo
noun
called also indigotin
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