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nīli details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names | | |
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| Plant name | nīli | | Language | Tamil | | Latin name | Indigofera tinctoria L. - please click to view full record | | Latin name (synonyms) | Anila tinctoria Kuntze, Anil tinctoria (L.) Kuntze | | Sanskrit name | nīlinī | | Hindi name | nīl | | Bengali name | nīl | | Tamil name | nīli, avari | | Malayalam name | nīlamari, amari | | English name | Indian indigo, Dyer’s indigo | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2314)
1. Black hue; 2. Durgā; 3. Pārvatī; 4. A female devil; 5. Wicked woman; 6. Indigo plant; 7. Western Ghats blue nail dye; 8. Three-leaved chaste tree; 9. A poison fang of a snake; 10. Blue vitriol
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