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(ăn'ĭl) 
n.
The indigo plant or the blue dye obtained from it.
n.
The indigo plant or the blue dye obtained from it.
[French, from Portuguese, from Arabic an-nīl, the indigo plant : al-, the + Persian nīl (from Sanskrit nīlī , from nīla-, dark blue).]
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