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myrobalan
[ mahy-rob-uh-luhn, mi- ]
noun
- the dried plumlike fruit of certain tropical trees of the genus Phyllanthus, used in dyeing, tanning, and making ink.
myrobalan
/ maɪˈrɒbələn; mɪ- /
noun
- the dried plumlike fruit of various tropical trees of the genus Terminalia, used in dyeing, tanning, ink, and medicine
- a dye extracted from this fruit
- another name for cherry plum
Word History and Origins
Origin of myrobalan1
Word History and Origins
Origin of myrobalan1
Example Sentences
Hornbeam, beech, myrobalan or cherry plum and blackthorn also have their advantages, hornbeam being proof against great exposure, blackthorn thriving on poor land and possessing great impenetrability and so on.
There are many myrobalans of all sorts, and very good preserves are made with them, which the ships of Ormuz, which traffic at this place, export for the Arabs and Persians.
Such liberation is not cognised in perception like an emblic myrobalan fruit in the hand.
Uses.—The ripe fruit, called myrobalans in India, is purgative and six of them pounded up and given in decoction operate with certainty, producing 4 or 5 copious evacuations without nausea or other disagreeable symptoms.
The stamps are usually covered with a black ink made of sulphate of iron, and this is fixed by myrobalans; the Nīlgars usually dye a plain blue with indigotin.
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