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myrobalan

/mʌɪˈɹɒbələn/ UK

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From Latin myrobalanum, myrobalanus (“ben nut”), from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos), from μύρον (múron, “perfume”) + βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).

noun myrobalans · mirabolan · mirobalan · myrobalun · myrabolam · myrobolan

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. turbith, agaric, myrobolanes, hermodactyls, from the East Indies, tobacco from the West […].

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noun fruit from a tree of the genus Terminalia

Español	mirobálano
Deutsch	Myrobalane

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@misc{myrobalan_2026,
  title = {myrobalan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/myrobalan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}