bael

See also: bal, bel, bäl, and bæl

English

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Etymology

From Hindi बिल्व (bilv), Marathi बेल (bel), from Sanskrit.

Noun

bael (plural baels)

  1. A tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos.
    • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra, Orient Black Swan 2015, p. 2:
      In the courtyard there were fruit and flowering trees appropriate for the worship of Mahadev, as also a bel tree.
  2. The fruit of this tree, also called the wood apple.

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Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ba‧el

Noun

bael

  1. the bael tree (Aegle marmelos)
  2. the fruit of this tree; the wood apple
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