indican
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English
Etymology
See indigo.
Noun
indican (usually uncountable, plural indicans)
- (organic chemistry) A glucoside obtained from woad and other plants, the source of natural indigo.
- (organic chemistry) 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
- (indigo-forming substance found in urine): uroxanthin
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “indican”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
French
Noun
indican m (plural indicans)
Further reading
- “indican”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Galician
Verb
indican
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
indican n (uncountable)
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | indican | indicanul |
| genitive-dative | indican | indicanului |
| vocative | indicanule | |
Spanish
Verb
indican