Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Anil"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anil \An"il\, n. [F. anil, Sp. an[=i]l, or Pg. anil; all fr. Ar.
an-n[=i]l, for al-n[=i]l the indigo plant, fr. Skr. n[=i]la
dark blue, n[=i]l[=i] indigo, indigo plant. Cf. {Lilac}.]
(Bot.)
A West Indian plant ({Indigofera anil}), one of the original
sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anil
n 1: a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically [syn:
{indigo}, {indigotin}]
2: shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of
indigo dye [syn: {Indigofera suffruticosa}, {Indigofera
anil}]
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