Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small Eurasian ornamental tree (Prunus mahaleb) of the rose family, having white flowers and small, ovoid, black drupes with single seeds that are used in Middle Eastern cooking.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A species of cherry (Prumus Mahaleb) whose fruit affords a violet dye and a fermented liquor resembling kirschwasser. It is found in the middle and south of Europe. Its flowers and leaves are used by perfumers, and its wood by cabinet-makers. Tubes for tobacco-pipes, called
cherry-sticks or -stems, are made of its young stems, sometimes several feet long and perfectly straight. Seecherry , 1.
Wiktionary
- n. mahlab
Etymologies
- Arabic maḥlab, from ḥalaba, to milk; see ḥlb in Semitic roots.
Examples
“Mahleb Mahleb or mahaleb is the dried kernel of a small kind of cherry native to Iran, Prunus mahaleb.”
Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
“The fruit and nut trees in these diverse forests include walnut (Juglans regia), almonds (Amygdalus communis and A. bucharensis), pears (Pyrus korshinskyi and P. regelii), plums (Prunus sogdiana and P. ferganica), and cherry (Cerasus mahaleb), along with maples (Acer turkestanicum and A. semenovii) and a few Chinese walnuts (Juglans cathayana) that survive in one location in the eastern Tien Shan.”
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