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Answer for the clue "Blue hue ", 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 ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
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.