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belleric, beleric, a. and n.|bɪˈlɛrɪk|
[a. F. belléric, more correctly belliric, ad. (ultimately) Arab. balīlaj, f. Pers. balīlah.]
The astringent fruit of Terminalia Bellerica, also called Bastard Myrobalan, imported from India for the use of calico-printers, and used for the production of a permanent black.
1757Parsons in Phil. Trans. L. 403 Distinguished..by its round figure; and called the belleric Myrobalan. 1808Colebrooke Dict. Sanscr. 90 Beleric Myrobalan. 1858R. Hogg Veg. K. 635 The Belleric is..the size of a nutmeg and very astringent. |