English

Alternative forms

• myrobolan, myrobolane [17th c.]

Noun

myrobalan ‎(plural myrobalans)

1. A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the dyeing industry; also, the tree itself.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.1.ii:

     turbith, agaric, myrobolanes, hermodactyls, from the East Indies, tobacco from the West […].

Derived terms

• myrobalan plum (Prunus cerasifera)
• emblic myrobalan (Phyllanthus emblica)
• bastard myrobalan, beleric myrobalan (Terminalia bellirica)
• chebulic myrobalan, yellow myrobalan (Terminalia chebula)
• Arjun myrobalan (Terminalia arjuna)