indica

See also: indicá, índica, and indicà

English

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 etymology on 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

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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.