[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) › c10.692 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.692](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.692) \*\*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. - [Previous: c10.691](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.691) - [Next: c10.693](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.693) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.692](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.692) · Pramāṇa