资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
   the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu,
   name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
   Cf. {Hindoo}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
      or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

   2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
      America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.

   3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
      meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]

   {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}).

   {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.

   {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}.

   {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}.

   {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
      gymnastic exercise.

   {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
      husk.

   {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays});
      the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}.
      

   {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2.

   {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M.
      Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The
      white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.

   {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus
      {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red
      berries.

   {Indian dye}, the puccoon.

   {Indian fig}. (Bot.)
      (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}.
      (b) The prickly pear.

   {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
      following one after another, the usual way among Indians
      of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.

   {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
      and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.

   {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
      nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
      States; wood grass. --Gray.

   {Indian hemp}. (Bot.)
      (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}),
          having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark,
          whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is
          both emetic and cathartic in properties.
      (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from
          which hasheesh is obtained.

   {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
      Avicenn[ae]}). See {Abutilon}.

   {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]

   {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
      vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
      corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
      is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}.

   {Indian ox} (Zo["o]l.), the zebu.

   {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}.

   {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}.

   {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
      {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common
      in the United States, the roots of which are used in
      medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American
      ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray.

   {Indian pink}. (Bot.)
      (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit}); -- so called
          in the West Indies.
      (b) See {China pink}, under {China}.

   {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
      uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
      scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
      plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.

   {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
      the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white
      flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
      --Gray.

   {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
      hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}).

   {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
      are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.

   {Indian purple}.
      (a) A dull purple color.
      (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
          black.

   {Indian red}.
      (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
          of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
          Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}.
      (b) See {Almagra}.

   {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}.

   {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C.
      Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
      See {Canna}.

   {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and
      pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
      {Summer}.

   {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See
      {Lobelia}.

   {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
      {Aris[ae]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous
      root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid
      juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}.

   {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn.

   {Indian yellow}.
      (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
          less pure than cadmium.
      (b) See {Euxanthin}.

Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan.,
   Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka['u]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno.
   Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.]
   1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley,
      and maize; a grain.

   2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used
      for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.

   Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in
         the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which
         there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows
         chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when
         ripe; {white or southern corn}, which grows to a great
         height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn},
         comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties,
         grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels
         that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small
         variety, used for popping.

   3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field;
      the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after
      reaping and before thrashing.

            In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail
            had thrashed the corn.                --Milton.

   4. A small, hard particle; a grain. ``Corn of sand.'' --Bp.
      Hall. ``A corn of powder.'' --Beau. & Fl.

   {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft
      candy from molasses or sugar.

   {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal.

   {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake.

   {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma or Lychnis
      Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields.
      

   {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; --
      called also {sword lily}.

   {Corn fly}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious
          to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease
          called ``gout,'' on account of the swelled joints. The
          common European species is {Chlorops t[ae]niopus}.
      (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot
          destroys seed corn after it has been planted.

   {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed
      through its batter. [U. S.]

   {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those
      in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the
      importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except
      when the price rose above a certain rate.

   {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}.

   {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn
      and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters.
      [U.S.]

   {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus
      ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and
      Asia.

   {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn.

   {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[oe]as}),
      common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}.
      

   {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn.

   {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}.

   {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
      {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V.
      olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}.

   {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}.

   {Corn weevil}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain.
      (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[ae]}) which
          attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing
          great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

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 [syn: {corn}, {maize}, {Zea
         mays}]