\Ba*bul"\, Babool \Ba*bool"\, n. [See {Bablah}.] (Bot.)
Any one of several species of {Acacia}, esp. {A. Arabica},
which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic.
      In place of Putney's golden gorse The sickly babul
      blooms.                                  --Kipling.