boral

[bawr-al, -uh l, bohr-]

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noun Pharmacology.

a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.

Origin of boral

bor(ate) + al(uminum)

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A Boral is said to be the child of a father of any caste and a mother of one of those in which widows shave their heads.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV
R.V. Russell