myrobalan


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
myrobalan /mʌɪˈrɒbələn/
noun
  • 2 a tropical tree of a characteristic pagoda shape. [Terminalia chebula and related species.]

    ■ (also myrobalan nut) the fruit of this tree, used in tanning.

– origin ME: from Fr. myrobolan or L. myrobalanum, from Gk murobalanos, from muron ‘unguent’ + balanos ‘acorn’.
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