Anil Definition

ănĭl

noun

An indigo plant or the blue dye obtained from it.

American Heritage

A West Indian shrub (Indigofera suffruticosa) of the pea family, from which indigo is made.

Webster's New World

Webster's New World

The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.

Wiktionary

(organic chemistry) Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (substituted phenyl) group.

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Other Word Forms of Anil

Singular:

anil

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anils

French from Portuguese from Arabic an-nīl the indigo plant al- the Persian nīl (from Sanskrit nīlī) (from nīla- dark blue)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French anil, Portuguese anil.

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