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anil

/an-l/US // ˈæn l //UK // (ˈænɪl) //

安尔,安利,安尼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.