See also: indicá, índica, and indicà

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Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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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indica

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

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indica

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

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

indica f (plural indiche)

  1. female equivalent of indico

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

indica

  1. feminine singular of indico (all meanings)

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

indica

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

Etymology 4 edit

Pronunciation edit

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

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indica

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

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Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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indicā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of indicō

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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indica

  1. inflection of indicus:
    1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural neuter

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indicā

  1. ablative singular feminine of indicus

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indica

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

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French indiquer, from Latin indicare.

Verb edit

a indica (third-person singular present indică, past participle indicat) 1st conj.

  1. to indicate

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Pronunciation edit

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

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indica

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