"ẹlu" meaning in Yoruba

See ẹlu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɛ̀.lú/ Forms: ẹ̀lú [canonical], èlú [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=ẹ̀lú|head2=}} ẹ̀lú, {{yo-pos|noun|ẹ̀lú|}} ẹ̀lú, {{yo-noun|ẹ̀lú}} ẹ̀lú
  1. An indigo plant, specifically Indigofera arrecta, used to make indigo-dye Synonyms: igi ẹ̀lú
    Sense id: en-ẹlu-yo-noun-wPPmTslV
  2. The color indigo, indigo dye Synonyms: aró
    Sense id: en-ẹlu-yo-noun-4I0EnLKM Categories (other): Colors Disambiguation of Colors: 35 54 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ẹ̀lú-àjà, ẹ̀lú-àrẹdúdú, ẹ̀lú-gbàwúrọ́, ẹ̀lúwẹẹrẹ, ẹlẹ́lùú
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɛ̀.lú/ Forms: ẹ̀lú [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=ẹ̀lú|head2=}} ẹ̀lú, {{yo-pos|noun|ẹ̀lú|}} ẹ̀lú, {{yo-noun|ẹ̀lú}} ẹ̀lú
  1. Caesar weed
    Sense id: en-ẹlu-yo-noun-V3uDU-l3 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Legumes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 1 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 1 78 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 22 2 77 Disambiguation of Legumes: 14 3 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    },
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ẹ̀lú-gbàwúrọ́"
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      ]
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/ɛ̀.lú/"
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