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Anil

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an⋅il

[an-l]
–noun
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.

Origin:
1575–85; < Pg < Ar an-nīl, equiv. to al the + nīl indigo < Skt nīlī indigo (nīl(a) dark blue + fem. n. suffix)
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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).]
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