the hard-shelled, greenish-yellow, edible fruit of this tree
Also: bel. Also called: Bengal quince
Word origin
[1610–20; ‹ Hindi bēl]This word is first recorded in the period 1610–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camber, intonation, system, technical, vibrate
Examples of 'bael' in a sentence
bael
Two edible leaves, neem and bael, showed fluoride concentration below detection limit.
Anubhuti Jain, Ashok Kumar Mohapatra, G Y Yunus, Ram Tiwari, Abhinav Parakh, SwatiVerma 2017, 'Estimating concentration of fluoride in edible leaves locally grown around Raipur,Chhattisgarh', Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistryhttp://www.jiaphd.org/article.asp?issn=2319-5932;year=2017;volume=15;issue=2;spage=177;epage=180;aulast=Jain. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The main focus of this study was characterization of bael leaf extract for its bioactive constituents, antihypercholestrolemic and antilipidemic perspectives.
Nosheen Asghar, Zarina Mushtaq, Muhammad Umair Arshad, Muhammad Imran, Rabia ShabirAhmad, Syed Makhdoom Hussain 2018, 'Phytochemical composition, antilipidemic and antihypercholestrolemic perspectivesof Bael leaf extracts', Lipids in Health and Diseasehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-018-0713-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)