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

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras