myrobalan
Pronunciation: /mʌɪˈrɒbələn/
noun
- 2a tropical tree of a characteristic pagoda shape, which yields a number of useful items including dye, timber, and medicinal products.
- Genus Terminalia, family Combretaceae: several species, in particular T. chebula
- (also myrobalan nut) the fruit of the myrobalan tree, used especially for tanning leather.
Origin:
late Middle English: from French myrobolan or Latin myrobalanum, from Greek murobalanos, from muron 'unguent' + balanos 'acorn'