Myrobalan
//mʌɪˈɹɒbələn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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 […]."
- 2 small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit wordnet
Example
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Etymology
From Latin myrobalanum, myrobalanus (“ben nut”), from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos), from μύρον (múron, “perfume”) + βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).
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