myrobalan : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: myrobalan	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for myrobalan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
myrobalan n small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit [syn: cherry plum, myrobalan, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Myrobalan \Myrob"alan\, Myrobolan \Myrob"olan\, 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.