[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) › c10.739 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.739 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.739 - **Language:** English ### [c10.739](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.739) 1672.—"The Bili plant grows to no greater height than that of a man \[this is incorrect\], all thorny . . . the fruit in size and hardness, and nature of rind, resembles a pomegranate, dotted over the surface with little dark spots equally distributed. . . . With the fruit they make a decoction, which is a most efficacious remedy for dysenteries or fluxes, proceeding from excessive heat. . ."—P. Vincenzo, 353. - [Previous: c10.738](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.738) - [Next: c10.740](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.740) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.739](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.739) · Pramāṇa