green indigo

noun

green indigo

noun

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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