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Shrub used in dyeing
Answer for the clue "Shrub used in dyeing ", 4 letters:
anil
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Word definitions for anil in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
West Indian shrub, 1580s, from French or Portuguese anil (see aniline ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant. 2 (context organic chemistry English) Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.
Usage examples of anil.
Fritsche in the same year by the distillation of indigo with caustic potash developed a product which he also called aniline, the name being derived from the Portuguese word anil, meaning indigo.
If you did, you should be aware it is iMn property as it was reported unsold anil destroyed by a retailer.
Available from WH Smith, John Menxies, Forbuofs, Martins, Two, Asia, anil other paperback stockists.
We are going to destroy all enslaving anil degrading capitalist institutions and re-create them as free and humanizing institutions.
If you did, you should be aware it is iMn property as it was reported unsold anil destroyed by a retailer.
Available from WH Smith, John Menxies, Forbuofs, Martins, Two, Asia, anil other paperback stockists.
Because the Anglo-American postmaster could not pronounce the Spanish i the settlement of Anil became Anal in the U.