babuln.

Brit.

/bəˈbuːl/,

/ˈbɑːbuːl/, U.S.

/bəˈbul/,

/ˈbɑbul/

Forms:

α. 1600s 1800s baboul, 1700s– babool, 1800s bubul, 1800s– babul.

β. 1700s–1800s bable, 1700s–1800s babel.

γ. 1800s bubur, 1800s– babur.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: French baboul; Hindi babūl.

Etymology: < French baboul (1666) and its etymon Hindi babūl, babūr < Sanskrit babbūla , vavūla , varvūra , etc. (14th cent.), further etymology unknown. With the β. forms perhaps compare Marathi bābhaḷ and Bengali bābul. Compare also Indian Persian babūl ( < Hindi).

Any of several tropical acacias, esp. Acacia nilotica (formerly A. arabica), native to North Africa and parts of Asia, which is used as a source of timber and gum arabic, and in various medicinal preparations; (also) gum, bark, or timber obtained from this tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun]

acacia1542

babul1696

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popinac1809

wattlec1810

wattle-treec1810

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haakdoring1822

hookthorn1822

kameeldoorn1822

camel-thorn1824

catechu-tree1829

silver wattle1832

blackthorn1833

thorny acacia1834

boobyalla1835

seyal1844

mulga1848

thorn-wood1850

hackthorn1857

mimosa1857

poison tree1857

Port Jackson1857

talha1857

golden wattle1859

whitethorn acacia1860

buffalo thorn1866

nelia1867

siris1874

cassie1876

couba1878

needlebush1884

sallow wattle1884

sally1884

giddea1885

prickly Moses1887

yarran1888

opopanax tree1889

wait-a-while1889

fever tree1893

giraffe acacia1896

stay-a-while1898

brigalow1901

wirra1904

cootamundra1909

Sydney golden wattle1909

witchetty bush1911

rooikrans1917

jam-tree1934

whistling thorn1949

blackthorn1966

1696 J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 238 Another Compound-Liquor..is distilled from Black Sugar mixt with Water, with the bark of the Tree Baboul, this is called Jagre Arak.

1783 F. Gladwin tr. A. Allâmî Ayeen Akbery I. i. 21 They make half a seer of the ashes of Babool wood into a coppel.

1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 12 Dec. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xviii. 529 A formidable underwood of cactus and bâbool.

1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §852 A variety of Indian gum procured from A. arabica, is called Babul, or Babool-Gum; Babul-wood is used for tanning in Scinde.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. ii. 531 The barks of A. arabica and A. Catechu..are used extensively in India under the name of Babool.

1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (ed. 2) 51 In place of Putney's golden gorse The sickly babul blooms.

1905 Indian Forester 30 411 The gums [of A. catechu] are more or less inferior in every respect to those of the babul. They are darker in colour, and the mucilage is not so viscous.

1965 Mariner's Mirror 51 151 We may still marvel at what has been created from natural bends and crooks of babul and timbers laboriously hewn by hand from venteak logs.

2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 120 The kambal grove gave its name to Cumballa Hill; an acacia—babul—grove to Babulnath.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	babul
释义	babuln. Brit. /bəˈbuːl/, /ˈbɑːbuːl/, U.S. /bəˈbul/, /ˈbɑbul/ Forms: α. 1600s 1800s baboul, 1700s– babool, 1800s bubul, 1800s– babul. β. 1700s–1800s bable, 1700s–1800s babel. γ. 1800s bubur, 1800s– babur. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: French baboul; Hindi babūl. Etymology: < French baboul (1666) and its etymon Hindi babūl, babūr < Sanskrit babbūla , vavūla , varvūra , etc. (14th cent.), further etymology unknown. With the β. forms perhaps compare Marathi bābhaḷ and Bengali bābul. Compare also Indian Persian babūl ( < Hindi). Any of several tropical acacias, esp. Acacia nilotica (formerly A. arabica), native to North Africa and parts of Asia, which is used as a source of timber and gum arabic, and in various medicinal preparations; (also) gum, bark, or timber obtained from this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun] acacia1542 babul1696 marblewood1753 black wattle1802 popinac1809 wattlec1810 wattle-treec1810 giraffe tree1815 haakdoring1822 hookthorn1822 kameeldoorn1822 camel-thorn1824 catechu-tree1829 silver wattle1832 blackthorn1833 thorny acacia1834 boobyalla1835 seyal1844 mulga1848 thorn-wood1850 hackthorn1857 mimosa1857 poison tree1857 Port Jackson1857 talha1857 golden wattle1859 whitethorn acacia1860 buffalo thorn1866 nelia1867 siris1874 cassie1876 couba1878 needlebush1884 sallow wattle1884 sally1884 giddea1885 prickly Moses1887 yarran1888 opopanax tree1889 wait-a-while1889 fever tree1893 giraffe acacia1896 stay-a-while1898 brigalow1901 wirra1904 cootamundra1909 Sydney golden wattle1909 witchetty bush1911 rooikrans1917 jam-tree1934 whistling thorn1949 blackthorn1966 1696 J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 238 Another Compound-Liquor..is distilled from Black Sugar mixt with Water, with the bark of the Tree Baboul, this is called Jagre Arak. 1783 F. Gladwin tr. A. Allâmî Ayeen Akbery I. i. 21 They make half a seer of the ashes of Babool wood into a coppel. 1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 12 Dec. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xviii. 529 A formidable underwood of cactus and bâbool. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §852 A variety of Indian gum procured from A. arabica, is called Babul, or Babool-Gum; Babul-wood is used for tanning in Scinde. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. ii. 531 The barks of A. arabica and A. Catechu..are used extensively in India under the name of Babool. 1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (ed. 2) 51 In place of Putney's golden gorse The sickly babul blooms. 1905 Indian Forester 30 411 The gums [of A. catechu] are more or less inferior in every respect to those of the babul. They are darker in colour, and the mucilage is not so viscous. 1965 Mariner's Mirror 51 151 We may still marvel at what has been created from natural bends and crooks of babul and timbers laboriously hewn by hand from venteak logs. 2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 120 The kambal grove gave its name to Cumballa Hill; an acacia—babul—grove to Babulnath. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1696
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