myrobolan

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French - English
{n} myrobalan, fruit of a tropical tree (also known as cherry plum)
English - English
A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune
Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America
It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing