indica

See also: indicá, índica, and indicà

English

Etymology

From Latin indica, from being associated with the Indian Subcontinent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.dɪ.kə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

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

Galician

Verb

indica

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈin.di.ka/
  • Rhymes: -indika
  • Hyphenation: ìn‧di‧ca

Noun

indica f (plural indiche)

  1. female equivalent of indico

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈin.di.ka/
  • Rhymes: -indika
  • Hyphenation: ìn‧di‧ca

Adjective

indica

  1. feminine singular of indico (all meanings)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈin.di.ka/
  • Rhymes: -indika
  • Hyphenation: ìn‧di‧ca

Verb

indica

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

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈdi.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: in‧dì‧ca

Verb

indica

  1. inflection of indire:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

indicā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of indicō

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

See also

Portuguese

Verb

indica

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French indiquer, from Latin indicare.

Verb

a indica (third-person singular present indică, past participle indicat, third-person subjunctive indice) 1st conjugation

  1. to indicate

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈdika/ [ĩn̪ˈd̪i.ka]
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Syllabification: in‧di‧ca

Verb

indica

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