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.

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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.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

indica

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

Italian

Verb

indica

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

  • (indicā) (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.di.kaː/, [ˈɪn.dɪ.kaː]
  • (indica) (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.di.ka/, [ˈɪn.dɪ.ka]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

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/vocative singular feminine
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural neuter

Adjective

indicā

  1. ablative singular feminine of indicus

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Portuguese

Verb

indica

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of indicar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of indicar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈdika/, [ĩn̪ˈd̪ika]

Verb

indica

  1. Informal second-person singular () 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.
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