Indian, adj.
of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages
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| Amerindic |
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| Indian |
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| Native American |
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"Native American religions""Indian arrowheads"
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of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
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Indian, n.
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
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| American Indian |
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| American-Indian language |
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| Amerind |
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| Amerindian language |
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| Indian |
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Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language
Atakapa, Atakapan, Attacapa, Attacapan
Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language
Muskhogean, Muskhogean language, Muskogean, Muskogean language
Na-Dene
Mosan
Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan language
Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language
Quechua, Quechuan, Quechuan language, Kechua, Kechuan
Maraco, Maracan language
Tupi-Guarani, Tupi-Guarani language
Arawak, Arawakan
Carib, Caribbean language
Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language
Maya, Mayan, Mayan language
Siouan, Siouan language
Tanoan, Tanoan language
Hokan, Hoka
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Indian Mutiny, n.
discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)
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| Indian Mutiny |
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| Sepoy Mutiny |
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Indian Ocean, n.
the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south
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| Indian Ocean |
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Ceylon
Comoro Islands, Iles Comores
Madagascar
Maldives, Maldive Islands
Mauritius
Seychelles, Seychelles islands
Antarctic Ocean
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Gulf of Aden
Mozambique Channel
Red Sea
Timor Sea
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Indian agent, n.
a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)
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| Indian agent |
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Indian arrowroot, n.
perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
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| Indian arrowroot |
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| Tacca leontopetaloides |
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| Tacca pinnatifida |
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| pia |
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Indian banyan, n.
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
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| East Indian fig tree |
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| Ficus bengalensis |
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| Indian banyan |
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| banian |
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| banian tree |
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| banyan |
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| banyan tree |
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Indian bean, n.
perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
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| Dolichos lablab |
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| Egyptian bean |
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| Indian bean |
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| Lablab purpureus |
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| bonavist |
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| hyacinth bean |
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tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
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| Indian bean |
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| catalpa |
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Indian beech, n.
evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree
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| Indian beech |
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| Pongamia glabra |
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Indian beet, n.
stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
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| Indian beet |
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| Lupinus perennis |
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| old-maid's bonnet |
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| sundial lupine |
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| wild lupine |
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Indian blackwood, n.
East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood
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| Dalbergia latifolia |
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| East India rosewood |
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| East Indian rosewood |
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| Indian blackwood |
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| Indian rosewood |
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Indian blanket, n.
annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center
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| Gaillardia pulchella |
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| Indian blanket |
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| blanket flower |
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| fire wheel |
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| fire-wheel |
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Indian breadroot, n.
densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots
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| Indian breadroot |
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| Psoralea esculenta |
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| breadroot |
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| pomme blanche |
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| pomme de prairie |
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Indian buffalo, n.
upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive; used for draft and milk
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| Indian buffalo |
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Indian button fern, n.
fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils
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| Indian button fern |
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| Tectaria macrodonta |
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Indian chickweed, n.
annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America
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| Indian chickweed |
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| Molluga verticillata |
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| carpetweed |
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Indian chief, n.
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Indian chieftain, n.
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Indian chocolate, n.
erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals
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| Geum rivale |
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| Indian chocolate |
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| chocolate root |
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| purple avens |
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| water avens |
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Indian cholera, n.
an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
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| Asiatic cholera |
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| Indian cholera |
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| cholera |
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| epidemic cholera |
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Indian club, n.
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Indian cobra, n.
Indian coral tree, n.
small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
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| Erythrina Indica |
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| Erythrina variegata |
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| Indian coral tree |
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Indian corn, n.
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
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| Indian corn |
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| Zea mays |
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| corn |
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| maize |
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Indian cress, n.
strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers
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| Indian cress |
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| Tropaeolum majus |
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| garden nasturtium |
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Indian crocus, n.
any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing one or two solitary white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers with slender stalks
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| Indian crocus |
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Indian currant, n.
North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits
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| Indian currant |
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| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus |
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| coralberry |
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Indian elephant, n.
Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male
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| Elephas maximus |
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| Indian elephant |
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Indian file, n.
a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
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| Indian file |
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| file |
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| single file |
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Indian giver, n.
an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you
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| Indian giver |
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