Definitions for myrobalan

myrobalan my·rob·a·lan

Spelling: [mahy-rob-uh-luh n, mi-]
IPA: /maɪˈrɒb ə lən, mɪ-/

Myrobalan is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 378 anagrams from letters in myrobalan (aablmnory).

Definitions for myrobalan

noun

  1. the dried plumlike fruit of certain tropical trees of the genus Phyllanthus, used in dyeing, tanning, and making ink.
  2. cherry plum.

Origin of myrobalan

1350-1400; Middle English Latin myrobalanum Greek myrobálanos kind of fruit, equivalent to mýro(n) balsam + bálanos acorn

Examples for myrobalan

They were brimful of myrobalan, bdellium, saffron, and violets.

myrobalan, mī-rob′a-lan, n. the astringent fruit of certain Indian mountain species of Terminalia.

This is simply because the myrobalan stock is commoner and cheaper.

The quality of myrobalan nuts varies in different districts, the best being Bhimlies and Jubbalpores.

Hedges of damsons or the myrobalan (the cherry plum) serve as shelters from the wind and grow rapidly.

In all the old books it is said that dwarf plum trees are secured by working on myrobalan stocks.

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