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l 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 copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decompositio…

nous plants having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria, and I. Anil.

See Indigo white, under Indigo.

An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis. Ure.

The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo.

Pertaining to, or derived from, indigo; as, indigotic acid, which is also called anilic or nitrosalicylic acid.

See Indigo blue, under Indigo.

Same as Urrhodin.

Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.

To interweave. [R.]

The state of interdigitating; interdigital space. Owen.

Arrayed, prepared, or furnished, unsuitably. [Archaic] Bp. Hall.

Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.

Covered over. [Obs.] Spenser.

An example; a model; a pattern. [R.] "The paradigms and patterns of all things." Cudworth.

A writer of memoirs of religious persona, as examples of Christian excellence.

Exemplary. -- Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]

To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.] Hammond.

Same as Artiodactyla.

Having an evennumber of digits on the hands or the feet. Qwen.