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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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