myrobalan

noun

• 1 (also myrobalan plum)another term for purple-leaf plum.

• 2a tropical tree of a characteristic pagoda shape that 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.