Word Meanings - INDIGOTIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

INDIGOTIC
Pertaining to, or derived from, indigo; as, indigotic acid, which is also called anilic or nitrosalicylic acid.
INDIGOGEN
See INDIGO
INDIGOFERA
A genus of leguminous plants having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria, and I. Anil.
INDIGO
A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a
INDIGOTIN
See INDIGO
INDIGOMETER
An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis. Ure.
INDIGOMETRY
The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo.
SULPHINDIGOTIC
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic acid obtained, as a blue solution, by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid; -- formerly called also cerulic sulphuric acid, but properly called indigo-disulphonic acid.