Anil

noun

1. An indigo plant or the blue dye obtained from it.
2. A derivative of aniline containing the group NC6H5.
3. A Cuban name of the blue variety of the vaqueta, a bass-like fish of the West Indies, Hypoplectrus unicolor (variety indigo of Poey).
4. A somewhat woody leguminous plant, Indigoferȧ Anil, from whose leaves and stalks the West Indian indigo is made.
5. Indigo.