Crossword clues for myrobalan
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. 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.
WordNet
n. small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit; used in Europe as budding stock [syn: cherry plum, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera]
Usage examples of "myrobalan".
Bristling windmill palms thrived with California laurels and black myrobalan plums.
This is an economical proceeding in many cases, especially in working with many of the old tannin materials, like sumac, divi-divi, myrobalans, and the modern direct dyes, which during the dyeing operations are not completely extracted out of the bath, or in other words the dye-bath is not exhausted of colouring matter, and therefore it can be used again for another lot of goods simply by adding fresh material to make up for that absorbed by the first lot.