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Anil

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
anil

West Indian shrub, 1580s, from French or Portuguese anil (see aniline).

Wiktionary
anil

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.

WordNet
anil
  1. n. 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]

Wikipedia
Anil

Anil or Anıl may refer to:

  • Anil, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Anila, a Vedic and Hindu deity
  • Anil (given name), an Indian given name (including a list of persons with the name)
  • Anıl (given name), a Turkish given name (including a list of persons with the name)
Anil (plant)

Anil is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that contains one accepted species.

Anil (given name)

Anil is an Indian masculine given name originating in the name of the Vedic deity Anila. Notable person with this name include:

  • Anil Ambani, Indian business baron
  • Anil Bhoyrul, British journalist
  • Anil Chitrakar, Nepalese social entrepreneur
  • Anil Chatterjee, Indian film actor
  • Anil Dalpat, Pakistani cricketer
  • Anil Devgan, Indian film director
  • Anil Dhawan, Indian film actor
  • Anil Gupta, British comedy writer
  • Anil Kakodkar, Indian nuclear scientist
  • Anil Kapoor, Indian actor
  • Anil Kumble, Indian cricket player
  • Anil Kumar (disambiguation), several people
  • Anil Mohile, Indian music director
  • Anil Sharma, Indian film director
  • Anil Srinivasan, Indian pianist
  • P. Anil, Indian film director

Category:Indian masculine given names

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.

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