Vocabulary : India to Indican

India : A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.
India rubber : See Caoutchouc.
India steel : Same as Wootz.
Indiadem : To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems.
Indiaman : A large vessel in the India trade.

Indiamen : of Indiaman
Indian : Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. ;; Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk. ;; Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. ;; A native or inhabitant of India. ;; One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.
Indianeer : An Indiaman.
Indical : Indexical.
Indican : A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo. ;; An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also uroxanthin.

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