Myrobalan

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my⋅rob⋅a⋅lan

[mahy-rob-uh-luh

n, mi-]

–noun

1.	the dried plumlike fruit of certain tropical trees of the genus Phyllanthus, used in dyeing, tanning, and making ink.

2.	cherry plum.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L myrobalanum < Gk myrobálanos kind of fruit, equiv. to mýro(n) balsam + bálanos acorn

cherry plum

–noun

1.	a small tree, Prunus cerasifera, bearing edible yellow or reddish fruit.

2.	the fruit of this tree.

Also called myrobalan.

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cherry plum
n. A deciduous ornamental Eurasian shrub or small tree (Prunus cerasifera) in the rose family, having white flowers and small red to yellow edible fruits. Also called myrobalan, myrobalan plum.

Indian almond
n. An Asiatic tree (Terminalia catappa) widely cultivated and naturalized in the tropics and having fruit with edible seeds. Also called myrobalan, tropical almond.

my·rob·a·lan (mī-rŏb'ə-lən, mə-)

See cherry plum.
See Indian almond.
The fruit of either of these plants.

[Obsolete French mirobolan, from Latin myrobalanum, fragrant oil from seeds of the horseradish tree (Moringa oleifera), from Greek murobalanos : muron, perfume + balanos, acorn.]

Myrobalan

My*rob"a*lan\, Myrobolan \My*rob"o*lan\, n. [L. myrobalanum the fruit of a palm tree from which a balsam was made, Gr. ?; ? any sweet juice distilling from plants, any prepared unguent or sweet oil + ? an acorn or any similar fruit: cf. F. myrobolan.] A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America.

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