indican
Americannoun
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a glucoside, C 14 H 17 NO 6 , that occurs in plants yielding indigo and from which indigo is obtained.
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Biochemistry. indoxyl potassium sulfate, C 8 H 6 NO 4 SK, a component of urine.
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Etymology
Origin of indican
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Estas cifras indican que miles de familias inmigrantes caerán en la pobreza extrema, según analistas y activistas.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2023
Pero los casos recientes que aparecieron en la Corte Federal de Miami indican que el problema sigue vigente.
From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2015
Cruz dijo que sus sondeos iniciales indican que el 90 por ciento de los más de 68,000 menores que cruzaron la frontera desde el 2013 han escapado supervisión sistemática.
From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2015
Memorandos clasificados filtrados por Wikileaks, indican que los funcionarios de la embajada americana en Santo Domingo estaban conscientes sobre la incapacidad del gobierno dominicano de pagar los viáticos a los soldados.
From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2014
Many of the natural glucosides have marked therapeutic properties and are largely used as medicines; others are the mother-substances for brilliant dyes; for example, indican, from which indigo is obtained, and the alizarin glucosides.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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