| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  b l, b l, b l |
| NOUN: | The round to pear-shaped, yellowish edible fruit of a chiefly Indian tree (Aegle marmelos), used in southern Asia as a food and as a medicine to treat dysentery. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hindi b l; akin to Sanskrit bilva , of Dravidian origin; akin to Tamil vi , viavu.
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