Definition of indian

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Indian (a.) Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like..

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Chippeways :: Chippeways (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways.
Tupaiid :: Tupaiid (n.) Any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the family Tupaiidae, somewhat resembling squirrels in size and arboreal habits. The nose is long and pointed..
Rupturewort :: Rupturewort (n.) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.
Carib :: Carib (n.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands..
Fiddlewood :: Fiddlewood (n.) The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum..
Fierasfer :: Fierasfer (n.) A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian..
Powwow :: Powwow (v. i.) To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians..
Husk :: Husk (v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn..
Sechium :: Sechium (n.) The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long, and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembles a yam, and is used for food..
Catalpa :: Catalpa (n.) A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean..
Calumet :: Calumet (n.) A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers..
Omahas :: Omahas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.
Lobeline :: Lobeline (n.) A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor..
Oneidas :: Oneidas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin..
Mestizo :: Mestizo (n.) The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock.
Mohur :: Mohur (n.) A British Indian gold coin, of the value of fifteen silver rupees, or $7.21..
Chica :: Chica (n.) A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin..
Sea Snake :: Sea snake () Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad..
Chlorodyne :: Chlorodyne (n.) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc..
Frangipanni :: Frangipanni (n.) A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria..
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