The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bablah \Bab"lah\, n. [Cf. Per. bab[=u]l a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic.] The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. The rind of the fruit of several East Indies species of acacia, especially (taxlink Vachellia nilotica species noshow=1), formerly (taxlink Acacia arabica species noshow=1); (vern: neb-neb). It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
Usage examples of "bablah".
The last-named substance is the fruit of the Terminalia, a product of China and the East Indies, best known as Myrabolams and must have been utilized solely for the tannin they contain, which Loewe estimates to be identical with ellago-tannic acid, later discovered in the divi-divi, a fruit grown in South America, and bablah which is also a fruit of a species of Acacia, well known also for its gum.