babul
ba·bul [ bə-ˈbül]
[bə-ˈbül]
: an acacia tree (Acacia nilotica synonym A. arabica) widespread in India and northern Africa that yields gum arabic and tannins as well as fodder and timber
First Known Use of babul
1780, in the meaning defined above
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