The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acacia Arabica
Babul \Ba*bul"\, Babool \Ba*bool"\, n. [See Bablah.] (Bot.) Any one of several species of Acacia, esp. Acacia Arabica, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic.
In place of Putney's golden gorse
The sickly babul blooms.
--Kipling.
Usage examples of "acacia arabica".
Like Acacia arabica, the wood-extract of this species has, however, a larger field in the tanning industry than in medicine.