bablah

English

Alternative forms

• babulah

Etymology

Compare Persian ببول (babul, “a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic”), Sanskrit बब्बुल (babbula), बब्बूल (babbūla, “species of acacia used for tanning”).

Noun

bablah (usually uncountable, plural bablahs)

1. The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.

Synonyms

• (Vachellia nilotica): babool, babul

References

• “bablah”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “bablah”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.