<B>Indian corn,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a plant whose grains grow on large ears, a species of cereal grass first raised by the American Indians; maize. Various forms of Indian corn have been developed, such as sweet corn, popcorn, and flint corn. <DD><B> 2. </B>the grain or ears of this plant. <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of various types of flint corn having red, yellow, white, gray, or multicolored kernels, often used for decorative purposes. </DL>
<A NAME="indiancucumber">
<B>Indian cucumber,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a plant of the lily family that grows in damp woods in eastern North America, and has a fleshy rootstock that tastes like a cucumber; cucumber root. </DL>
<A NAME="indiandipper">
<B>Indian dipper,</B> =pitcher plant.</DL>
<A NAME="indianelephant">
<B>Indian elephant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an elephant of the genus native to Asia, smaller than the African elephant. </DL>
<A NAME="indianenglish">
<B>Indian English,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the dialect of English spoken by educated natives in the Republic of India, as distinguished from Anglo-Indian. </DL>
<A NAME="indianfig">
<B>Indian fig,</B> =prickly pear.</DL>
<A NAME="indianfile">
<B>Indian file,</B> =single file.</DL>
<A NAME="indiangiver">
<B>Indian giver,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a person who takes back a gift after having bestowed it. </DL>
<A NAME="indiangiving">
<B>Indian giving,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the custom among certain American Indians of bestowing a gift with the expectation of its being returned or reciprocated. <BR> <I>Ex. Many tribes practised Indian giving (Maclean's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Informal.) the practice of taking back a gift after having bestowed it. <BR> <I>Ex. The promised peerage was revoked--an act of Indian giving that has rarely, if ever, been equalled in Great Britain's history (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indiangrass">
<B>Indian grass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various perennial North American grasses, used especially for hay. </DL>
<A NAME="indianguides">
<B>Indian Guides,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an organization for fathers and sons sponsored by the Y.M.C.A., with a program of activities based on American Indian lore. </DL>
<B>Indian-head, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) bearing a representation of the head of an American Indian. <BR> <I>Ex. an Indian-head penny or nickel.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indianhemp">
<B>Indian hemp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a North American perennial plant of the dogbane family, whose tough, fibrous bark was used by the American Indians, especially for making nets. Its dried root is used in medicine as a heart stimulant. <DD><B> 2. </B>a variety of hemp grown in India; bhang. </DL>
<A NAME="indianian">
<B>Indianian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Indiana. <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Indiana. </DL>
<A NAME="indianism">
<B>Indianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a word or phrase characteristic of Indians, especially American Indians. <BR> <I>Ex. Paiutes consider such literary Indianisms corny, and use them only for laughs (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>action or policy devoted to the interest of Indians, especially American Indians. </DL>
<A NAME="indianist">
<B>Indianist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person skilled in the languages, history, and customs of Indians, especially American Indians. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who favors or advocates Indianism. </DL>
<A NAME="indianization">
<B>Indianization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of Indianizing. </DL>
<A NAME="indianize">
<B>Indianize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make Indian in appearance, customs, or character. <BR> <I>Ex. Under the Indian Government's policy, the management of tea estates is being gradually Indianized but still most of the managers and assistant managers are British (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indianlamb">
<B>Indian lamb,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fur from lambs of India, similar to Persian lamb. </DL>
<A NAME="indianlicorice">
<B>Indian licorice,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tropical twining shrub of the pea family, native to India, whose seeds are used for beads, and whose root is used as a substitute for licorice; rosary pea. </DL>
<A NAME="indianmallow">
<B>Indian mallow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a yellow-flowered, Asiatic plant of the mallow family, common as a weed in the eastern United States and on the Pacific coast; velvetleaf; stamp weed. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various related plants. </DL>
<A NAME="indianmeal">
<B>Indian meal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> meal made from Indian corn; corn meal. </DL>
<B>Indian mound,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an earthen mound in the central and eastern United States raised by the Mound Builders as burial places or fortifications. </DL>
<A NAME="indianness">
<B>Indianness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fact of being an American Indian. <BR> <I>Ex. After mastering the meaning of Negritude and machismo they would have to grapple with the meaning of Indianness (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a quality suggestive of India and its culture. <BR> <I>Ex. Gandhi always thought that a common thread of Indianness would somehow hold the two [India and Pakistan] together (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indiannut">
<B>Indian nut,</B> =pine nut.</DL>
<A NAME="indianpaintbrush">
<B>Indian paintbrush,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a genus of plants of the figwort family, especially a kind found in western North America with showy crimson, yellow, or pink bracts, whose blossom is the floral emblem of Wyoming; paintbrush; painted cup. <DD><B> 2. </B>a hawkweed with reddish-orange flowers, that grows as a weed in much of North America. </DL>
<A NAME="indianpeacock">
<B>Indian peacock</B> or <B>peafowl,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the common peacock. </DL>
<A NAME="indianphysic">
<B>Indian physic,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>either of two North American herbs of the rose family whose roots were used by the Indians as an emetic. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=Indian hemp </B>(def. 1). </DL>
<A NAME="indianpipe">
<B>Indian pipe,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a waxy white, leafless plant with a solitary bell-shaped flower that resembles a white clay pipe. It lives on dead organic matter in moist woods of North America and Asia. </DL>
<A NAME="indianpoke">
<B>Indian poke,</B> =American hellebore.</DL>
<A NAME="indianpower">
<B>Indian Power,</B> =Red Power.</DL>
<A NAME="indianpudding">
<B>Indian pudding,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a baked pudding made with corn meal (Indian meal), molasses, milk, and suet. </DL>
<A NAME="indianpython">
<B>Indian python,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a spotted python of southern Asia and Sri Lanka, about 20 feet long. </DL>
<A NAME="indianred">
<B>Indian red,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a red pigment, originally a reddish earth from the East Indies, now made artificially. </DL>
<A NAME="indianrice">
<B>Indian rice,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an aquatic grass of North America; wild rice. </DL>
<A NAME="indianroot">
<B>Indian root,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the spikenard of North America. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=Indian physic.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="indianrunner">
<B>Indian runner,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very erect and slender breed of domestic duck having white or fawn-colored plumage. It is the most popular and prolific of the egg-laying varieties. </DL>
<A NAME="indianshot">
<B>Indian shot,</B> =Indian canna.</DL>
<A NAME="indiansign">
<B>Indian sign,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a track or trace of the presence of Indians. <DD><B> 2. </B>a signal or token used by Indians. <BR><I>expr. <B>have</B> (or <B>put</B>) <B>the Indian sign on,</B> </I>(Informal.) to make helpless; defeat; overcome. <BR> <I>Ex. Paul put the Indian sign on them before he went away, and now they rarely bother anyone (Stan Newton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indiansnakeroot">
<B>Indian snakeroot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a shrub of the dogbane family found in India and other areas of southeast Asia. An extract of its roots is used as a tranquilizer and in the treatment of high blood pressure. </DL>
<A NAME="indiansummer">
<B>Indian summer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a time of mild, dry, hazy weather in late October or early November, after the first frosts of autumn; second summer. <BR> <I>Ex. Indian summer is a season which everyone looks forward to each year, but on whose exact arrival no two people usually agree (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a time of happiness or success coming late in life or at the end of an age. <BR> <I>Ex. Wellesz's reputation is rightly enjoying an Indian summer in critical esteem (Listener).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indiantobacco">
<B>Indian tobacco,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a North American weed of the lobelia family having small blue flowers and swollen capsules, used in medicine as an emetic and expectorant. </DL>
<B>Indian wolf,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an Asiatic wolf, smaller than the gray wolf, found south of the Himalayas. </DL>
<A NAME="indianwrestle">
<B>Indian-wrestle, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-tled,</B> <B>-tling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to take part in Indian wrestling. <BR> <I>Ex. He would Indian-wrestle with five men at the same time (Gabriel Garcia Marquez).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indianwrestling">
<B>Indian wrestling,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various contests of strength between two people, especially one in which the contenders lock hands while resting their elbows on a table and each tries to force down the other's hand to the table. </DL>
<A NAME="indiapaper">
<B>India paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thin, tough printing paper, used chiefly for Bibles, prayer books, and reference books. <DD><B> 2. </B>a thin, soft, absorbent paper, made chiefly in China and Japan, used for the first and finest impressions of engravings. </DL>
<A NAME="indiaprint">
<B>India print,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cotton cloth with colorful blockprint floral patterns, imported from India. </DL>
<A NAME="indiaproof">
<B>India proof,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a proof or first impression of an engraving on India paper. </DL>
