emblic
(ˈɛmblɪk)
Forms: 6 emblico, 7 emblick.
[ad. med.L. emblica, -icus, ad. Ar. amlaj a. Pers. āmleh, cf. Skr. āmalaka of same meaning.]
The fruit of Emblica officinalis, a tree of the family Euphorbiaceæ, whose flowers are aperient, leaves and bark a remedy against dysentery. Also emblic myrobalan.
| 1555 Eden Decades W. Ind. iii. iv. (Arb.) 151 Mirobalanes..which the phisitians caule Emblicos and Chebulos. 1678 Salmon Lond. Disp. 136/2 The five sorts of Myrobolans..the Emblick purge Flegm and Water. 1708 Motteux Rabelais ii. xiv, A Boxfull of conserves, of round Myrabolan plums, called Emblicks. 1811 Hooper Med. Dict., The emblic Myrobalan is of a dark blackish grey colour. |