bablah

English

Alternative forms
  • babulah

Etymology

Compare Persian ببول‎ (babūl, “a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic”)

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

References
  • bablah at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • bablah in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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