[an-l] 
| 1. | a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo. |
| 2. | indigo; deep blue. |
| an·il (ān'ĭl) n. The indigo plant or the blue dye obtained from it. [French, from Portuguese, from Arabic an-nīl, the indigo plant : al-, the + Persian nīl (from Sanskrit nīlī, from nīla-, dark blue).] |