Associations to the word «Indican»

Wiktionary

INDICAN, noun. (organic compound) A glucoside obtained from woad and other plants, the source of natural indigo.
INDICAN, noun. (organic compound) An indigo-forming substance found in urine and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin); an indoxyl sulphate of potash.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King