indican

noun

Etymology

See indigo.

Definitions

  1. A glycoside obtained from plants of genus Indigofera, the source of natural indigo dye.

  2. An indigo-forming substance found in urine and other animal fluids, and convertible into…

    An indigo-forming substance found in urine and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin); an indoxyl sulphate of potash.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for indican. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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