noun
- East Indian shrub.
- synonyms: Tephrosia purpurea
- Dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers.
- synonyms: 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.
- synonyms: false indigo, Amorpha californica
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