Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.692
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.692
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**BABOOL**, s. H. *babūl*, *babūr* (though often mispronounced *bābul*, as in two quotations below); also called *kīkar*. A thorny mimosa common in most parts of India except the Malabar Coast; the *Acacia arabica*, Willd. The Bhils use the gum as food.