myrobalan
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See also: myrobalán
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin myrobalanum, myrobalanus (“ben nut”), from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos), from μύρον (múron, “perfume”) + βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).
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Noun[edit]
myrobalan (plural myrobalans)
- 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.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection ii:
- turbith, agaric, myrobolanes, hermodactyls, from the East Indies, tobacco from the West […].
Derived terms[edit]
- myrobalan plum (Prunus cerasifera)
- emblic myrobalan (Phyllanthus emblica)
- bastard myrobalan, beleric myrobalan (Terminalia bellirica)
- chebulic myrobalan, yellow myrobalan (Terminalia chebula)
- Arjun myrobalan (Terminalia arjuna)
- belleric myrobalan
Translations[edit]
fruit from a tree of the genus Terminalia
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin myrobalanum, myrobalanus.
Noun[edit]
myrobalan m (plural myrobalans)
- Alternative form of myrobolan
References[edit]
- “myrobalan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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