Babul \Ba*bul"\, Babool \Ba*bool"\, 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.]
