Indian /(?; 277)/
In·di·an
Indian
a.
- 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. [U.S.]
Phrases & Compounds
- Indian bay
- a lauraceous tree (Persea Indica).
- Indian bean
- a name of the catalpa.
- Indian berry
- Same as Cocculus indicus.
- Indian bread
- Same as Cassava.
- Indian club
- a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise.
- Indian cordage
- cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk.
- Indian cress
- nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2.
- Indian cucumber
- a plant of the genus Medeola (Medeola Virginica), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.
- Indian currant
- a plant of the genus Symphoricarpus (Symphoricarpus vulgaris), bearing small red berries.
- Indian dye
- the puccoon.
- Indian fig
- The banyan. See Banyan.
- Indian file
- single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.
- Indian fire
- a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.
- Indian grass
- a coarse, high grass (Chrysopogon nutans), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass.
- Indian hemp
- A plant of the genus Apocynum (Apocynum cannabinum), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties.
- Indian mallow
- the velvet leaf (Abutilon Avicennæ). See Abutilon.
- Indian meal
- ground corn or maize.
- Indian millet
- a tall annual grass (Sorghum vulgare), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also Guinea corn. See Durra.
- Indian ox
- the zebu.
- Indian paint
- See Bloodroot.
- Indian paper
- See India paper, under India.
- Indian physic
- a plant of two species of the genus Gillenia (Gillenia trifoliata, and Gillenia stipulacea), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also American ipecac, and bowman's root.
- Indian pink
- The Cypress vine (Ipomœa Quamoclit); -- so called in the West Indies.
- Indian pipe
- a low, fleshy herb (Monotropa uniflora), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.
- Indian plantain
- a name given to several species of the genus Cacalia, tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
- Indian poke
- a plant usually known as the white hellebore (Veratrum viride).
- Indian pudding
- a pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.
- Indian purple
- A dull purple color.
- Indian red
- A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also Persian red.
- Indian rice
- a reedlike water grass. See Rice.
- Indian shot
- a plant of the genus Canna (Canna Indica). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See Canna.
- Indian summer
- in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under Summer.
- Indian tobacco
- a species of Lobelia. See Lobelia.
- Indian turnip
- an American plant of the genus Arisæma. Arisæma triphyllum has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See Jack in the Pulpit, and Wake-robin.
- Indian wheat
- maize or Indian corn.
- Indian yellow
- An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium.
Indian
n.
- A native or inhabitant of India.
- One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.