bablah
English
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Etymology
Compare Persian ببول (babūl, “a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic”)
Noun
bablah (usually uncountable, plural bablahs)
- The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
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References
- “bablah”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “bablah”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.