A kind of rich cashmere shawl woven in India from pieces which are sewn together.

In a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw.

plural of Indian plum

Darmera peltata, a slow-spreading rhizomatous perennial flowering plant native to mountain streamsides in woodland in the western United States.

Oemleria cerasiformis, a shrub in the rose family, native to the Pacific coast of North America.

plural of indecent assault

(criminal law) Sexual contact with another person, who does not want it, that does not result in, or is not considered to be, rape.

(obsolete) A shrubby plant (Capraria biflora) having oblanceolate toothed leaves sometimes used in the West Indies as a substitute for tea.

(archaeology) pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE

Any person belonging to the first indigenous peoples who settled in the Americas or lived there before circa 8,500 BCE.