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. (alternative form of myrobalan English)
Usage examples of "myrobolan".
The myrobolan is an East Indian fruit with a stone, of the prune genus.
Crude or preserved myrobolans were a more important article of commerce in the Middle Ages than now.