myrobalan en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mʌɪˈɹɒbələn/ (UK)
Etymology
From Latin myrobalanum, myrobalanus (“ben nut”), from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos), from μύρον (múron, “perfume”) + βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).
Meanings
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A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the dyeing industry; also, the tree itself.
Myrrh, sweet marjoram, and the plum-like myrobalan fruit were likewise usual ingredients of aromatic preparations.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 180:turbith, agaric, myrobolanes, hermodactyls, from the East Indies, tobacco from the West […].
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection ii:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mirabolan | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| myrobalun | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| myrabolam | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| mirobalan | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| myrobolane | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| myrobalans | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| myrobolan | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
yellow myrobalan · bastard myrobalan · belleric myrobalan · beleric myrobalan · myrobalan plum · chebulic myrobalan · Arjun myrobalan · emblic myrobalan
Translations (7)
es mirobálano (fruit from a tree of the genus Terminalia) · la myrobalanus (fruit from a tree of the genus Terminalia) · grc μυροβάλανος (fruit from a tree of the genus Terminalia) · gu હરડે (fruit from a tree of the genus Terminalia) · fa هلیله (fruit from a tree of the genus Terminalia) · la myrobalanum (fruit from a tree of the genus Terminalia) · de Myrobalane (fruit from a tree of the genus Terminalia)