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indican

indican noun: a glycoside obtained from plants of genus Indigofera, the source of natural indigo dye.

Noun

indican (usually uncountable, plural indicans)

  1. (usually) A glycoside obtained from plants of genus Indigofera, the source of natural indigo dye.
  2. (usually) 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.
    Synonyms:
    uroxanthin

indican meaning in Tamil

indican in Tamil

இன்டிகன்

Synonyms of indican

Forms of indican

pluralindicans

Origin of indican

See indigo.

Words formed from indican

Questions about indican

What does indican mean?
Indican means a glycoside obtained from plants of genus Indigofera, the source of natural indigo dye.
What is indican in Tamil?
Indican in Tamil is இன்டிகன். See Indican meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is indican?
Indican is a noun.
What is the plural of indican?
The plural of indican is indicans.

Words near indican in the dictionary

  1. indica
  2. indicability
  3. indicable
  4. indicaine
  5. indicamine
  6. indican
  7. indicans
  8. indicant
  9. indicants
  10. indicanuria
  11. indicanurias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indican (page history and authors); indican (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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