A-NIGHTAN'ILE
AN'IL, n. [Sp. añil, indigo; Port. anil; D. anyl; Ar. نيلٌ nilon, slender, nila, blue.]
A shrub from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made; Indigofera, or the indigo plant. – Encyc.
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