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bablah

bablah noun: the rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.

Noun

bablah (usually uncountable, plural bablahs)

  1. (usually) The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
    Synonyms:
    babool, babul

Synonyms of bablah

Forms of bablah

pluralbablahs
alternative formbabulah

Origin of bablah

Compare Persian ببول (babul, “a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic”), Sanskrit बब्बुल (babbula), बब्बूल (babbūla, “species of acacia used for tanning”).

Questions about bablah

What does bablah mean?
Bablah means the rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
What part of speech is bablah?
Bablah is a noun.
What is the plural of bablah?
The plural of bablah is bablahs.

Words near bablah in the dictionary

  1. Babite
  2. Babites
  3. babka
  4. babkas
  5. babkinite
  6. bablah
  7. bablahs
  8. Bable
  9. Babler
  10. Bablers
  11. Bablock Hythe

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