indica

See also: indicá, índica, and indicà

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin indica (“inducus”), from being associated with the Indian Subcontinent.

Noun

indica

1. A species descriptor, for species described from samples from the Indian Subcontinent.

See also

• indianensis (New World)

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English

Etymology

From Latin indica, from being associated with the Indian Subcontinent.

Noun

indica (plural indicas)

1. Any of the indica subspecies of the rice Oryza sativa, which (unlike the japonica or sinica subspecies) are non-sticky and long-grained.
   • 1986, Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice Genetics Symposium, 27-31 May 1985, International Rice Research Institute:

     The isograms were typical of differences between two subspecies but also of those between different lines of japonicas or indicas.

2. Marijuana of the species Cannabis indica.
   • 2008, J. C. Stitch, Marijuana Garden Saver: Handbook for Healthy Plants:

     Most commonly grown strains of cannabis are sativa, indica, or a hybrid of the two. Sativas have long skinny leaves; indicas have short, fat, stubby leaves.

Anagrams

• Dianic

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Catalan

Verb

indica

1. third-person singular present indicative form of indicar
2. second-person singular imperative form of indicar

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Italian

Verb

indica

1. third-person singular present indicative of indicare
2. second-person singular imperative of indicare

Anagrams

• ancidi
• candii
• canidi
• incida

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Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

indicā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of indicō

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

indica

1. inflection of indicus:
   1. nominative and vocative singular feminine
   2. nominative and vocative and accusative plural neuter

indicā

1. ablative singular feminine of indicus

See also

• indianensis

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Portuguese

Verb

indica

1. third-person singular present indicative of indicar
2. second-person singular imperative of indicar

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Spanish

Verb

indica

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of indicar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of indicar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of indicar.