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indicans

indicans is the plural of indican.

Meaning of indican

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

Questions about indicans

What is indicans the plural of?
Indicans is the plural of indican.

Words near indicans in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indicans (page history and authors); indican (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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