indican (English, noun)
expansion: indican (usually uncountable, plural indicans)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoside obtained from plants of genus Indigofera, the source of natural indigo dye.
tags: uncountable
usually
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 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.
tags: uncountable
usually
Forms:
form: indicans
tags: plural