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Definition of Jambool
1. n. The Java plum; also, a drug obtained from its bark and seeds, used as a remedy for diabetes.
Definition of Jambool
1. jambu [n -S] - See also: jambu
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jambool
Literary usage of Jambool
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"Myrtus cumini, Linn. Kalo jam, . . . BENG. Kai jaman, jambool, HIND. Peru nagal.
... jambool, .... Вой. Madang, .... SIN a Jamun HIND. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Vegetable Productions of the Presidency of Bombay by George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood (1865)
"jambool. Vernacular. See " Fruits and Vegetables." Habitat. India. ... Pan-jambool
is also used, according to Dalzell, for rafters in this Presidency ..."
3. Catalogue of the Economic Products of the Presidency of Bombay: Being a by George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood (1862)
"jambool. Vernacular. See " Fruits nnd Vegetables." Remarks. Found in the Ghats
and Concan forests. Being a fruit tree it should not perhaps be catalogued ..."
4. American Druggist (1887)
"Jamboo or jambool seeds have recently been highly recommended, in form of powder,
as a remedy in diabetes. ..."
5. The timber trees, timber and fancy woods, as also, the forests of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"A crooked species of jambool, growing much on the rivers of the Bombay Deccan
districts. The stem is generally useless for house purposes, on account of its ..."
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