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Indian paintbrush

(Encyclopedia)Indian paintbrush: see figwort.

Indian pipe

(Encyclopedia)Indian pipe, common name for the genus Monotropa and for the family Monotropaceae, low flowering plants of north temperate zones. They are chlorophylless saprophytes with a funguslike appearance. Each...

Indian rice

(Encyclopedia)Indian rice: see wild rice.

Indian River

(Encyclopedia)Indian River, lagoon, c.100 mi (160 km) long, E Fla., parallel to the east coast from N of Titusville to Stuart. Along the lagoon a variety of citrus and vegetable products are grown. The river's coas...

Indian shot

(Encyclopedia)Indian shot: see canna.

Indian subcontinent

(Encyclopedia)Indian subcontinent, region, S central Asia, comprising the countries of Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh and the Himalayan states of Nepal, and Bhutan. Sri Lanka, an island off the southeastern tip of...

Indian Territory

(Encyclopedia)Indian Territory, in U.S. history, name applied to the country set aside for Native Americans by the Indian Intercourse Act (1834). In the 1820s, the federal government began moving the Five Civilized...

Indian tobacco

(Encyclopedia)Indian tobacco, name for several plants, among them lobelia. ...

Indian turnip

(Encyclopedia)Indian turnip: see arum.

Native American Church

(Encyclopedia)Native American Church, Native American religious group whose beliefs blend fundamentalist Christian elements with pan–Native American moral principles. The movement began among the Kiowa about 1890...