A variant spelling of 'babul' or 'babool'; a type of thorny acacia tree found in South Asia producing gum and pods.
From Arabic 'bābūl' or Hindi 'babūl,' names for the acacia tree (Acacia nilotica); '-ah' represents a phonetic variant spelling of the original term.
The babul tree is incredibly useful—its wood is used for fuel, its pods feed livestock, and its gum (gum arabic) has been traded for thousands of years for use in textiles, medicines, and food.
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