myrobalan
Americannoun
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the dried plumlike fruit of certain tropical trees of the genus Phyllanthus, used in dyeing, tanning, and making ink.
noun
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the dried plumlike fruit of various tropical trees of the genus Terminalia, used in dyeing, tanning, ink, and medicine
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a dye extracted from this fruit
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another name for cherry plum
Etymology
Origin of myrobalan
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin myrobalanum < Greek myrobálanos kind of fruit, equivalent to mýro ( n ) balsam + bálanos acorn
Example Sentences
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The prune, in fact, is more apt to overgrow the myrobalan than the almond, and the myrobalan will not do well on light soils likely to dry out as the almond will.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
A friend is very partial to the almond root instead of the myrobalan, but I understand that the prune tree sometimes outgrows the almond root.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
Take one drachm of senna, a scruple of aniseed, myrobalan, half an ounce, with a sufficient quantity of barley water.
The peach is no longer worked on the myrobalan in this State.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
They were brimful of myrobalan, bdellium, saffron, and violets.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
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