india : Idioms & Phrases

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capital of india

  • noun the capital of India is a division of the old city of Delhi
    New Delhi; Indian capital.
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east india

  • noun a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia
    Malay Archipelago; East Indies.
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east india company

  • noun an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny
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east india kino

  • noun reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc
    Malabar kino; kino gum.
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east india rosewood

  • noun East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood
    East Indian rosewood; Dalbergia latifolia; Indian rosewood; Indian blackwood.
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India ink

  • noun a black liquid ink used for printing or writing or drawing
    drawing ink.
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  • a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and animal glue. Called also China ink. The true India ink is sepia. See Sepia.
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India matting

  • floor matting made in China, India, etc., from grass and reeds; also called Canton, ∨ China, matting.
Webster 1913

India paper

  • noun a thin tough opaque paper used in fine books
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  • a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not glossy surface, used for printing from engravings, woodcuts, etc.
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India proof

  • (Engraving), a proof impression from an engraved plate, taken on India paper.
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India rubber

  • noun an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
    rubber; caoutchouc; natural rubber; gum elastic.
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  • . See Caoutchouc.
Webster 1913

india-rubber fig

  • noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
    Ficus elastica; rubber plant; India-rubber fig; India-rubber plant; Assam rubber.
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india-rubber plant

  • noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
    Ficus elastica; rubber plant; India-rubber fig; India-rubber plant; Assam rubber.
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India-rubber tree

  • noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
    Ficus elastica; rubber plant; India-rubber fig; India-rubber plant; Assam rubber.
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  • (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but especially the East Indian Ficus elastica, often cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves.
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pride-of-india

  • noun tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
    azedarach; azederach; China tree; Melia azederach; chinaberry tree; chinaberry; Melia azedarach; Persian lilac.
  • noun native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
    Queen's crape myrtle; Lagerstroemia speciosa.
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republic of india

  • noun a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
    Bharat; India.
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west india

West` In"di*a, West` In"di*an (Also<
  • West India
  • West Indian
)
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  1. Belonging or relating to the West Indies.
Webster 1913