| 单词 | indigo plant |
| 例句 | Known as Nakashi paintings, they use natural pigments from red stones, indigo plants, crushed seashells and soot from kerosene lamps. Endangered Crafts and the Destinations Keeping Them Alive 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z To this day, dyers say that they avoid artificial ingredients, and instead rely on things like the local indigo plant, which gives the material its colour. Why Nigeria's historic dye pits in Kano risk closure 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Workers in a small mountain town called Sapa collect the indigo plant leaves, and she ferments the leaves in plastic buckets using rice wine, which she pours in every night, before giving it a stir. What North Korea can learn from Vietnam's women 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Back in the workshop, after finishing her pattern, Pan dips the silk and cotton fabric three times into a vat of organic dye made from indigo plants grown higher up the hillside. Designers breathe new life into China's dying folk crafts 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The total synthesis of the dye indigo in the 1870s that led to the collapse of the cultivation of the indigo plant is a canonical historical example. Chemistry: Why synthesize? 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z The color, reminiscent of a deep summer sky, is the byproduct of the anti-inflammatory indigo plant. 10 Ways To Shield Skin And Soothe Sunburn 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Each contains a dye made from indigo plant, which is grown just outside the city. A fading future for Nigeria's indigo dyers 2014-02-03T00:15:04Z It is to the Spaniards that the natives owe the introduction of maize, coffee, cacao, sesame, tobacco, the indigo plant, the sweet potato, and many fruits. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z But he is as far off as ever from making the indigo plant. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z There are also places in Central America where the indigo plant is raised on account of the blue dye that is obtained from it. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z He was down between the rows of the indigo plants, crawling upon hands and knees, evidently making for the maize. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The undergrowth is very dense; it includes the sugar-cane and cotton and indigo plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Indican is readily extracted from the leaves of various species of indigo plants. The Chemistry of Plant Life It may be mentioned incidentally that the colouring-matter of the indigo plant also exists as a glucoside in the plant. Coal and What We Get from It When the Indian indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria, is in flower, it contains the largest quantity of coloring matter. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference Here he found that nearly all the buildings had been overturned by the hurricane; and that a hundred acres of indigo plants, almost ripe for cutting, and several acres of sugar-canes, had been ruined. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe We take our indigo plant, and steep the leaves in water for twelve hours, in a stone tank. Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines Indigofera tinctoria.—The indigo plant, a native of Asia, but cultivated and naturalized in many countries. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture The indigo plant would look like a rank bunch of weeds were it not planted in rows. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania They camped in the valley, where a stream flowed through a tangle of indigo plants. Sacrifice Large quantities of naphthalene are used in the preparation of indigo, a dye formerly obtained from the indigo plant, but now largely prepared by laboratory methods. An Elementary Study of Chemistry I observed in the gardens the henna plant, the cotton plant, the indigo plant, and the tobacco plant. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government I believe I may state, without fear of contradiction, that the real cause of the decline and consequent abandonment of the indigo plant was the monstrous duty levied upon it by the English government. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. His indigo plant, once so profitable, had been attacked and destroyed by a worm, and dire poverty threatened. Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War Although the cloth and thread were dyed various colors, she knows only how blue was obtained by allowing the indigo plant to rot in water and straining the result. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives But in the years following the peace the indigo plants had been destroyed year after year by an insect. A School History of the United States The indigo plant is herbaceous, and from one to three feet high, with delicate bluish-green leaves. A Woman's Journey Round the World The indigo plant is found scattered like a weed abundantly over the face of the country in the district of Natal, Eastern Africa. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. He saw indigo plants that amazed him for their size, and altogether it was such a sight as he had never seen. Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America This cloth was sometimes dyed in various colors: blue from the indigo plant; yellow from the crocus and brown from the bark of the red oak. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives Some of her father's land in South Carolina was now planted with the indigo plants. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans But the destruction of the indigo plants by insects year after year suggested the cultivation of some other crop, and cotton was tried. A Brief History of the United States The indigo plant a common weed in many parts of Africa. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. We also saw the indigo plant under cultivation, and passed through fields of the sensitive plant as we walked about, while pine-apples were everywhere. Round the World The indigo plant impoverishes the soil, where it is cultivated during a long series of years, more than any other. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The preparation of indigo from the indigo plant is a fermentative process brought about by a specific bacterium. The Story of Germ Life There the sugar-cane and indigo plant attain a perfection unequalled in any other part of North America. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West At Hochst no new plant was installed, the manufacture being carried out in the synthetic indigo plant. The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war |
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