anil, Indigofera suffruticosa, Indigofera anil
(noun) shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye
anil, indigo, indigotin
(noun) a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anil (plural anils)
The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
(organic chemistry) Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.
• I-lan, INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lain, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, lain, nail
Source: Wiktionary
An"il, n. Etym: [F. anil, Sp. anil, or Pg. anil; all fr. Ar. an-nil, for al-nil the indigo plant, fr. Skr. nila dark blue, nili indigo, indigo plant. Cf. Lilac.] (Bot.)
Definition: A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
