Indian 音标拼音: ['ɪndiən]
a . 印度的;印第安的
n . 印度人;印第安人;印第安语
印度的;印第安的印度人;印第安人;印第安语
Indian adj 1 :
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures ; "
the Indian subcontinent "; "
Indian saris "
2 :
of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages ; "
Native American religions "; "
Indian arrowheads "
[
synonym : {
Indian }, {
Amerind }, {
Amerindic }, {
Native American }]
n 1 :
a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived [
synonym : {
Indian }, {
American Indian }, {
Red Indian }]
2 :
a native or inhabitant of India 3 :
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians [
synonym : {
Amerind },
{
Amerindian language }, {
American -
Indian language }, {
American Indian }, {
Indian }]
Indian \
In "
di *
an \ (?;
277 ),
a . [
From India ,
and this fr .
Indus ,
the name of a river in Asia ,
L .
Indus ,
Gr . ?,
OPers .
Hindu ,
name of the land on the Indus ,
Skr .
sindhu river ,
the Indus .
Cf . {
Hindu }.]
[
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1 .
Of or pertaining to India proper ;
also to the East Indies ,
or ,
sometimes ,
to the West Indies .
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2 .
Of or pertaining to the aborigines ,
or Indians ,
of America ;
as ,
Indian wars ;
the Indian tomahawk .
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3 .
Made of maize or Indian corn ;
as ,
Indian corn ,
Indian meal ,
Indian bread ,
and the like . [
U .
S .]
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{
Indian }
bay (
Bot .),
a lauraceous tree ({
Persea Indica }).
{
Indian bean } (
Bot .),
a name of the catalpa .
{
Indian berry }. (
Bot .)
Same as {
Cocculus indicus }.
{
Indian bread }. (
Bot .)
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 } (
Bot .),
nasturtium .
See {
Nasturtium },
2 .
{
Indian cucumber } (
Bot .),
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 } (
Bot .),
a plant of the genus {
Symphoricarpus } ({
Symphoricarpus vulgaris }),
bearing small red berries .
{
Indian dye },
the puccoon .
{
Indian fig }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
The banyan .
See {
Banyan }.
(
b )
The prickly pear .
{
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 } (
Bot .),
a coarse ,
high grass ({
Chrysopogon nutans }),
common in the southern portions of the United States ;
wood grass . --
Gray .
{
Indian hemp }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
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 .
(
b )
The variety of common hemp ({
Cannabis Indica }),
from which hasheesh is obtained .
{
Indian mallow } (
Bot .),
the velvet leaf ({
Abutilon Avicenn [
ae ]}).
See {
Abutilon }.
{
Indian meal },
ground corn or maize . [
U .
S .]
{
Indian millet } (
Bot .),
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 } (
Zool .),
the zebu .
{
Indian paint }.
See {
Bloodroot }.
{
Indian paper }.
See {
India paper },
under {
India }.
{
Indian physic } (
Bot .),
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 }. --
Gray .
{
Indian pink }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
The Cypress vine ({
Ipom [
oe ]
a Quamoclit }); --
so called in the West Indies .
(
b )
See {
China pink },
under {
China }.
{
Indian pipe } (
Bot .),
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 } (
Bot .),
a name given to several species of the genus {
Cacalia },
tall herbs with composite white flowers ,
common through the United States in rich woods .
--
Gray .
{
Indian poke } (
Bot .),
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 )
A dull purple color .
(
b )
The pigment of the same name ,
intensely blue and black .
{
Indian red }.
(
a )
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 }.
(
b )
See {
Almagra }.
{
Indian rice } (
Bot .),
a reedlike water grass .
See {
Rice }.
{
Indian shot } (
Bot .),
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 } (
Bot .),
a species of {
Lobelia }.
See {
Lobelia }.
{
Indian turnip } (
Bot .),
an American plant of the genus {
Aris [
ae ]
ma }. {
Aris [
ae ]
ma 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 }.
(
a )
An intense rich yellow color ,
deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium .
(
b )
See {
Euxanthin }.
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Indian \
In "
di *
an \ (?;
277 ),
n .
1 .
A native or inhabitant of India .
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2 .
One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America ; --
so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India .
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45 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Indian ":
American Indian ,
Amerind ,
Antarctic ,
Arctic ,
Atlantic ,
Australian aborigine ,
Bushman ,
Caucasian ,
Malayan ,
Mister Charley ,
Mongolian ,
Negrillo ,
Negrito ,
Negro ,
Oriental ,
Pacific ,
Red Indian ,
WASP ,
black ,
black man ,
blackfellow ,
boy ,
brown man ,
burrhead ,
colored person ,
coon ,
darky ,
gook ,
honky ,
jigaboo ,
jungle bunny ,
nigger ,
niggra ,
ofay ,
paleface ,
pygmy ,
red man ,
redskin ,
slant -
eye ,
spade ,
the Man ,
white ,
white man ,
whitey ,
yellow man
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