indigo blue: Meaning and Definition of

in'digo blue'

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  1. indigo (def. 4).
  2. a dark-blue, water-insoluble, crystalline powder, CHNO, having a bronzelike luster, the essential coloring principle of which is contained along with other substances in the dye indigo and which can be produced synthetically.
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