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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The pod of several species of Acacia, especially of A. Arabica, which comes from the East and from Senegal under the name of neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and has been used in dyeing cotton for producing various shades of drab. The seeds are said to contain a red coloring matter, and to be used in India and Egypt for dyeing morocco. Also called babool, babul, and babulah. See cut under
acacia .
Wiktionary
- n. The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
Etymologies
- Compare Persian babul a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“_A. vera_, termed Egyptian and Senegal "bablah," has been employed in tanning and dyeing.”
“a product of China and the East Indies, best known as Myrabolams and must have been utilized solely for the tannin they contain, which Loewe estimates to be identical with ellago-tannic acid, later discovered in the divi-divi, a fruit grown in South America, and bablah which is also a fruit of a species of Acacia, well known also for its gum.”
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