different between tannin vs bablah

English

Etymology

From French tannin, from Latin tannum (“oak bark”), from Gaulish *tanno- (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæn?n/
• Rhymes: -æn?n

Noun

tannin (plural tannins)

1. (chemistry) Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

Synonyms

• E181 when used as a food colouring

Translations

French

Noun

tannin m (plural tannins)

1. Alternative spelling of tanin

English

Alternative forms

• babulah

Etymology

Compare Persian ????? (bab?l, “a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic”), Sanskrit ?????? (babbula), ?????? (babb?la, “species of acacia used for tanning”).

Noun

bablah (usually uncountable, plural bablahs)

1. The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.

Synonyms

• (Vachellia nilotica): babool, babul

References

• bablah at OneLook Dictionary Search
• bablah in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.