Definition of Myrobalans

1. Noun. (plural of myrobalan) ¹

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Definition of Myrobalans

1. myrobalan [n] - See also: myrobalan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myrobalans

myrmecophagous
myrmecophagy
myrmecophile
myrmecophiles
myrmecophilous
myrmecophyte
myrmecophytes
myrmecophytic
myrmicine
myrmidones
myrmidonian
myrmidons
myrmomancy
myrobalan
myrobalan plum
myrobalans (current term)
myronic
myronic acid
myrophine
myrosin
myrosinase
myrosinases
myrrh
myrrh tree
myrrhic
myrrhine
myrrhlike
myrrhol
myrrhols
myrrhs

Literary usage of Myrobalans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Indian Forester (1905)
"myrobalans is the commercial name given to the dried fruits of ... myrobalans constitute the most important tanning agent shipped from India ; the exports ..."

2. New Commercial Plants: With Directions how to Grow Them to the Best by Thomas Christy (1882)
"A good sample of myrobalans will give as much as 40 per cent. of tannic acid. ... myrobalans deposit a large amount of bloom or ellagic acid. ..."

3. The Commercial Hand-book of Chemical Analysis; Or, Practical Instructions by Alphonse Normandy (1850)
"myrobalans are the fruits of a species of plum-tree in East India, ... myrobalans are used in India, ami sometimes also here, either alone or mixed with ..."

4. The Commercial Hand-book of Chemical Analysis, Or, Practical Instructions by Alphonse Normandy (1850)
"myrobalans are the fruits of a species of plum-tree ... myrobalans are used in India, and ^ometimes also here, either alone or mixed with galls, ..."

5. The Materia medica of the Hindus: Compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works by Udoy Chand Dutt (1877)
"2 Take of sulphur eight tolas, bdellium eight tolas, decoction of the three myrobalans seventy-two tolas, castor oil thirty-two tolas, mix and boil together ..."

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