[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

babul \babul"\, babool \babool"\, n. see bablah. bot.
   any one of several species of acacia, esp. acacia
   arabica, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum
   arabic.
   1913 webster

         in place of putney's golden gorse
         the sickly babul blooms.                 --kipling.
   webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
bablah acacia acacia arabica 

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