East Indian adjectival & noun phr. [i:st 'ɪndɪǝn] M16.
[from East India s.v. EAST + -AN.]
A. adjectival phr. Chiefly Hist. Of or pertaining to the region of the Malay archipelago or (formerly) the whole of SE Asia and India. M16.
East Indian walnut = KOKKO 1.
b. noun phr.
1. = EURASIAN noun. obsolete exc. Hist. E19.

2. A resident of the West Indies descended from the indigenous peoples of the Indian subcontinent. M20.

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