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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}.
Hemp \Hemp\ (h[e^]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[ae]nep; akin
to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp,
Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos;
cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [,c]a[.n]a; all prob. borrowed from
some other language at an early time. Cf. {Cannabine},
{Canvas}.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Cannabis} ({C. sativa}), the
fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and
cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants
yielding fiber.
2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for
spinning. The name has also been extended to various
fibers resembling the true hemp.
{African hemp}, {Bowstring hemp}. See under {African}, and
{Bowstring}.
{Bastard hemp}, the Asiatic herb {Datisca cannabina}.
{Canada hemp}, a species of dogbane ({Apocynum cannabinum}),
the fiber of which was used by the Indians.
{Hemp agrimony}, a coarse, composite herb of Europe
({Eupatorium cannabinum}), much like the American boneset.
{Hemp nettle}, a plant of the genus {Galeopsis} ({G.
Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family.
{Indian hemp}. See under {Indian}, a.
{Manila hemp}, the fiber of {Musa textilis}.
{Sisal hemp}, the fiber of {Agave sisalana}, of Mexico and
Yucatan.
{Sunn hemp}, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant
({Crotalaria juncea}).
{Water hemp}, an annual American weed ({Acnida cannabina}),
related to the amaranth.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Indian hemp
n 1: source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber [syn: {Cannabis
indica}]
2: valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in
cultivation [syn: {kenaf}, {kanaf}, {deccan hemp}, {bimli},
{bimli hemp}, {Bombay hemp}, {Hibiscus cannabinus}]
3: Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by
native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or
inflammation in joints [syn: {rheumatism weed}, {Apocynum
cannabinum}]