indican
Meanings
noun
- A glycoside obtained from plants of genus Indigofera, the source of natural indigo dye.
- 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.
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Etymology
See indigo.
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