wild indigo

noun

: baptisia

especially : one (Baptisia tinctoria) of eastern North America with bright yellow flowers and small trifoliolate leaves

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

By planting wild indigo, gray birch, and switchgrass, his goal was to take a chunk of the Catskills and put it on his roof. —The Editors, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020

Leanna Wetmore, manager of neighborhood programs for the city’s Waterfront Partnership, encourages visitors to focus on the beautiful colors and textures of plants, such as the native iris and wild indigo, rather than just expecting showy blooms. —Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022

Jennifer Johnson, wild indigo associate at Audubon Great Lakes, shared with Mrvan how Wild Indigo Nature Explorations, a community engagement program, is connecting Gary residents to their local natural spaces. —Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2021

But lately, it's been popping up in newspaper articles and even inspiring new skin-care lines — like Loum, based on the ingredient neurophroline derived from wild indigo, which the brand claims reduces cortisol levels in the skin. —Beth Shapouri, Allure, 16 June 2021

The brand spent years researching the botanical actives—among them Neurophroline, a wild indigo extract that activates the release of a calming neuropeptide—that would work best in tandem to counteract the skin’s stress response. —Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 14 Apr. 2021

Persian silk tree bark extract helps reduce the appearance of dark circles and puffiness, palmitoyl glycine helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wild indigo extract helps brighten my undereyes, leaving behind a luminous skin-like finish. —Nicole Saunders, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2020

Oddly, some species like the wild indigo duskywing thrived through the course of the study. —Scottie Andrew And Katherine Dillinger, CNN, 10 July 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

1744, in the meaning defined above