Noun: bastard indigo 'bãs-tu(r)d 'in-du,gow
- Dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers
- false indigo, Amorpha fruticosa
- An erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers
- false indigo, Amorpha californica
- East Indian shrub
"Bastard indigo grew wild along the roadside";
- Tephrosia purpurea
Derived forms: bastard indigos
Encyclopedia: Bastard indigo