myrobalan
noun/mʌɪˈɹɒbələn/UK
Etymology
From Latin myrobalanum, myrobalanus (“ben nut”), from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos), from μύρον (múron, “perfume”) + βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).
- derived from μυροβάλανος
- borrowed from myrobalanum
Definitions
A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine…
A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the dyeing industry; also, the tree itself.
- turbith, agaric, myrobolanes, hermodactyls, from the East Indies, tobacco from the West […].
- Myrrh, sweet marjoram, and the plum-like myrobalan fruit were likewise usual ingredients of aromatic preparations.
The neighborhood
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