green indigo

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green indigo (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of lokao
    The green indigo brought over from India in 1790, by Prinsep, appears to have been, according to the statements and researches of Bancroft, a substance analogous to chlorophyl, soluble in alcohol, and mixed with some ordinary indigo.
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