babul

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ba·bul

B0004800 (bə-bo͞ol′)n. A tropical African and South Asian tree (Acacia nilotica) of the pea family that yields a gum similar to gum arabic and whose bark is used in tanning.
[Persian bābul.]

babul

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babool

n (Plants) any of several leguminous trees of the genus Acacia, esp A. arabica of N Africa and India, which bear small yellow flowers and are a source of gum arabic, tannin, and hardwood[from Persian babūl; related to Sanskrit babbūla]

ba•bul

(bəˈbul, ˈbɑ bul)

n. an acacia tree, Acacia nilotica, of tropical Africa, that yields gum arabic, tannin, and a hard wood. [1815–25; orig., a S Asian subspecies < Hindi babūl < Persian]