anil
/an-l/US // ˈæn l //UK // (ˈænɪl) //
安尔,安利,安尼
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- : indigo; deep blue.
Examples
And there was in fact somebody who fainted—Anil Kumar, a former McKinsey & Co. executive vice president.
Anil, an′il, n. a plant from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made.
Some authors have thought that I. Anil, Linnæus, was one of these species.
Jack (appears in doorway Left clad in ragged anil dirty overcoat).
Indigofera Anil grows in the same countries, and also in the West Indies.
Putting into Acapulco, they found a bark laden with cocoas and anil.
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