indian wheat

Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
   the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu,
   name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
   Cf. {Hindu}.]
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   1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
      or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
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   2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
      America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
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   3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
      meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]
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   {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}).

   {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.

   {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}.

   {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}.

   {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
      gymnastic exercise.

   {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
      husk.

   {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2.

   {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola}
      ({Medeola Virginica}), a common in woods in the United
      States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.

   {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus
      {Symphoricarpus} ({Symphoricarpus vulgaris}), bearing
      small red berries.

   {Indian dye}, the puccoon.

   {Indian fig}. (Bot.)
      (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}.
      (b) The prickly pear.

   {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
      following one after another, the usual way among Indians
      of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.

   {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
      and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.

   {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
      nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
      States; wood grass. --Gray.

   {Indian hemp}. (Bot.)
      (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({Apocynum
          cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough,
          fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in
          medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in
          properties.
      (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from
          which hasheesh is obtained.

   {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
      Avicenn[ae]}). See {Abutilon}.

   {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]

   {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
      vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
      corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
      is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}.

   {Indian ox} (Zool.), the zebu.

   {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}.

   {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}.

   {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
      {Gillenia} ({Gillenia trifoliata}, and {Gillenia
      stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of
      which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called
      also {American ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray.

   {Indian pink}. (Bot.)
      (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit}); -- so called
          in the West Indies.
      (b) See {China pink}, under {China}.

   {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
      uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
      scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
      plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.

   {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
      the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white
      flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
      --Gray.

   {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
      hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}).

   {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
      are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.

   {Indian purple}.
      (a) A dull purple color.
      (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
          black.

   {Indian red}.
      (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
          of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
          Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}.
      (b) See {Almagra}.

   {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}.

   {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({Canna
      Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
      See {Canna}.

   {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and
      pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
      {Summer}.

   {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See
      {Lobelia}.

   {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
      {Aris[ae]ma}. {Aris[ae]ma triphyllum} has a wrinkled
      farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a
      very acrid juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and
      {Wake-robin}.

   {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn.

   {Indian yellow}.
      (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
          less pure than cadmium.
      (b) See {Euxanthin}.
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Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to
   OS. hw[=e]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti,
   Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See
   {White}.] (Bot.)
   A cereal grass ({Triticum vulgare}) and its grain, which
   furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the
   grain most largely used by the human race.
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   Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
         white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
         summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist
         as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
         origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
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   {Buck wheat}. (Bot.) See {Buckwheat}.

   {German wheat}. (Bot.) See 2d {Spelt}.

   {Guinea wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.

   {Indian wheat}, or {Tartary wheat} (Bot.), a grain
      ({Fagopyrum Tartaricum}) much like buckwheat, but only
      half as large.

   {Turkey wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.

   {Wheat aphid}, or {Wheat aphis} (Zool.), any one of several
      species of {Aphis} and allied genera, which suck the sap
      of growing wheat.

   {Wheat beetle}. (Zool.)
   (a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus
       Surinamensis}) whose larvae feed upon wheat, rice, and
       other grains.
   (b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium
       paniceum}) whose larvae eat the interior of grains of
       wheat.

   {Wheat duck} (Zool.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.]
      

   {Wheat fly}. (Zool.) Same as {Wheat midge}, below.

   {Wheat grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Agropyrum caninum})
      somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
      of Europe and America.

   {Wheat jointworm}. (Zool.) See {Jointworm}.

   {Wheat louse} (Zool.), any wheat aphid.

   {Wheat maggot} (Zool.), the larva of a wheat midge.

   {Wheat midge}. (Zool.)
   (a) A small two-winged fly ({Diplosis tritici}) which is very
       destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
       The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
       larvae suck the juice of the young kernels and when full
       grown change to pupae in the earth.
   (b) The Hessian fly. See under {Hessian}.

   {Wheat moth} (Zool.), any moth whose larvae devour the grains
      of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See
      {Angoumois Moth}, also {Grain moth}, under {Grain}.

   {Wheat thief} (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
      troublesome weed in wheat fields. See {Gromwell}.

   {Wheat thrips} (Zool.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips
      cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of
      growing wheat.

   {Wheat weevil}. (Zool.)
   (a) The grain weevil.
   (b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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