anil

[ an-l ]

/ ˈæn l /

noun

a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.

indigo; deep blue.

Origin of anil

1575–85; <Portuguese <Arabic an-nīl, equivalent to al the + nīl indigo <Sanskrit nīlī indigo (nīl(a) dark blue + -ī feminine noun suffix)

Words nearby anil

aniconic, aniconism, anicteric virus hepatitis, anigh, Anik, anil, anile, anilide, anilinction, aniline, aniline black

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Example sentences from the Web for anil

And there was in fact somebody who fainted—Anil Kumar, a former McKinsey & Co. executive vice president.
Charles Gasparino Details Insider-Trading Investigations in New Book, ‘Circle of Friends’|William O’Connor|July 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Putting into Acapulco, they found a bark laden with cocoas and anil.
Notable Voyagers|W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith
Anil, an′il, n. a plant from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for anil

anil

/ (ˈænɪl) /

noun

a leguminous West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa: a source of indigoAlso called: indigo

Word Origin for anil

C16: from Portuguese, from Arabic an-nīl, the indigo, from Sanskrit nīla dark blue

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单词	anil
释义	anil [ an-l ] / ˈæn l / noun a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo. indigo; deep blue. Origin of anil 1575–85; <Portuguese <Arabic an-nīl, equivalent to al the + nīl indigo <Sanskrit nīlī indigo (nīl(a) dark blue + -ī feminine noun suffix) Words nearby anil aniconic, aniconism, anicteric virus hepatitis, anigh, Anik, anil, anile, anilide, anilinction, aniline, aniline black Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for anil And there was in fact somebody who fainted—Anil Kumar, a former McKinsey & Co. executive vice president. Charles Gasparino Details Insider-Trading Investigations in New Book, ‘Circle of Friends’\|William O’Connor\|July 3, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Putting into Acapulco, they found a bark laden with cocoas and anil. Notable Voyagers\|W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith Anil, an′il, n. a plant from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)\|Various British Dictionary definitions for anil anil / (ˈænɪl) / noun a leguminous West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa: a source of indigoAlso called: indigo Word Origin for anil C16: from Portuguese, from Arabic an-nīl, the indigo, from Sanskrit nīla dark blue Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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