indica

See also: indicá, índica, and indicà

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Coordinate terms

• (species): sativa

Anagrams

• Dianic

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [inˈdi.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [inˈdi.ka]

Verb

indica

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

Galician

Verb

indica

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

indica f (plural indiche)

1. female equivalent of indico

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

indica

1. feminine singular of indico (all meanings)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Verb

indica

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

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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

Verb

indica

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

Anagrams

• ancidi, candii, canidi, cnidia, incida

Latin

Pronunciation

• (indicā) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.kaː/, [ˈɪn̪d̪ɪkäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.ka/, [ˈin̪d̪ikä]
• (indica) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.ka/, [ˈɪn̪d̪ɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.ka/, [ˈin̪d̪ikä]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

indicā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of indicō

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

indica

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

Adjective

indicā

1. ablative singular feminine of indicus

See also

• indianensis

Portuguese

Verb

indica

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French indiquer, from Latin indicare.

Verb

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

1. to indicate

Conjugation

    conjugation of indica (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a indica
gerund			indicând
past participle			indicat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	indic	indici	indică	indicăm	indicați	indică
	imperfect	indicam	indicai	indica	indicam	indicați	indicau
	simple perfect	indicai	indicași	indică	indicarăm	indicarăți	indicară
	pluperfect	indicasem	indicaseși	indicase	indicaserăm	indicaserăți	indicaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să indic	să indici	să indice	să indicăm	să indicați	să indice
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		indică			indicați
	negative		nu indica			nu indicați

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

indica

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