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- Latin · borrowed fromIndica
- English todayindica
From Latin Indica, feminine of Indicus (“Indian”), from being associated with the Indian Subcontinent.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
indica
Today it means: Any of the indica subspecies of the rice, Oryza sativa, which (unlike the japonica or sinica subspecies) are non-sticky and long-grained. Full definition →
Latin Indica