Meanings
plural indicas
- Any of the indica subspecies of the rice, Oryza sativa, which (unlike the japonica or sinica subspecies) are non-sticky and long-grained.
The isograms were typical of differences between two subspecies but also of those between different lines of japonicas or indicas.
1986, Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice Genetics Symposium, 27-31 May 1985, International Rice Research Institute - Marijuana of the species Cannabis indica.
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.
2008, J. C. Stitch, Marijuana Garden Saver: Handbook for Healthy Plants
Origin
- LatinIndica
- Englishindica
From Latin Indica, feminine of Indicus (“Indian”), from being associated with the Indian Subcontinent.
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