indiaman
- n a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India
indian agent
- n a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)
indian arrowroot
- n perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
indian banyan
- n East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
indian bean
- n tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
- n perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
indian beech
- n evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree
indian beet
- n stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
indian blackwood
- n East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood
indian blanket
- n annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center
indian breadroot
- n densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots
indian buffalo
- n upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive; used for draft and milk
indian button fern
- n fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils
indian capital
- n the capital of India is a division of the old city of Delhi
indian cherry
- n deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn
indian chickweed
- n annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America