bilimbin.
/bɪˈlɪmbi/ A tree ( Averrhoa Bilimbi, family Oxalidaceæ), growing in India and Sri Lanka, which yields a juice used as a native cure for skin-diseases; (also) the fruit of this tree.
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1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. x. 247 There are fruits of various kinds, and particularly the blimbi, which has a sharp taste, and is a fine pickle.
1852 F. A. Neale Narr. Resid. Siam xii To see the fruit trees..the callacca, and the bilimby, the custard apple and the pomegranate.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 112 Averrhoa Bilimbi, the Blimbing.
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