What is any one of several species of Acacia, esp. A. Arabica, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic. In place of Putney's golden gorse The sickly babul blooms. Kipling called?
babool — Any one of several species of Acacia, esp. A. Arabica, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic. In place of Putney's golden gorse The sickly babul blooms. Kipling. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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