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Definition of Bablah
1. n. The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
Definition of Bablah
1. Noun. The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bablah
1. a tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bablah
1. The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab. Origin: Cf. Per. Babl a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bablah
Literary usage of Bablah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"East Indian bablah yields to boiling water 49 per cent, ... bablah is used in
calico-printing in combination with alumina and iron mordants, ..."
2. Dyeing and Calico Printing: Including an Account of the Most Recent by Frederick Crace Calvert, Charles Edward Groves, John Stenhouse (1876)
"The principal varieties are East Indian bablah, from the Acacia ... and Senegal
and Egyption bablah, from Acacia nilotica. The pericarp of these fruits ..."
3. Records of General Science by Robert Dundas Thomson, T Thomson (1836)
"bablah and madder produce similar results. This mode of dyeing differs from the
common ... To produce the second, the quantity of bablah should be triple. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"bablah or NEB-NEB. Commercial names for fruits of several species of acacia ;
used in ... East Indian bablah is largely obtained from Acacia arabica (Willd. ..."
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