Babul

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

  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.]