Ăn'il, n.

noun

n. [Pg. & Fr. anil, Sp. añil, Ar. an-nīl, for al-nīl, the indigo plant, from Skr. nīla, dark-blue, indigo, nīli, indigo plant. Cf. ANATRON.] (Bot.) A shrub from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made; a species of Indigofera, or indigo plant. Brande.