[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.223 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.223 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.223 - **Language:** English ### [c10.223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.223) 1608.—"The Palta is a great tree, and carries a faire leafe, which hath a fruite like to great peares; within it hath a great stone, and all the rest is soft meate, so as when they are full ripe, they are, it were, butter, and have a delicate taste."—\*Joseph de Acosta\*, 250. - [Previous: c10.222](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.222) - [Next: c10.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.224) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.223) · Pramāṇa