Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See bel.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos
  • noun The fruit of this tree, also called the wood apple

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Examples

  • About 50 grams of original bael fruit taken before dinner is enough for a normal adult.

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  • The priest murmured some mantras in his nasal voice and returned to shredding marigold flowers and bael leaves for the puja.

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  • The priest murmured some mantras in his nasal voice and returned to shredding marigold flowers and bael leaves for the puja.

    An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

  • We walked up a long drive shaded with trees of jackfruit, coconut, bael, and mango.

    An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

  • The priest murmured some mantras in his nasal voice and returned to shredding marigold flowers and bael leaves for the puja.

    An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

  • We walked up a long drive shaded with trees of jackfruit, coconut, bael, and mango.

    An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

  • We walked up a long drive shaded with trees of jackfruit, coconut, bael, and mango.

    An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

  • The protections about Sam locked into place, as the power that had been flung at the old man flared in a mock-conflagration of bael-fire.

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  • "That was bael-fire, Sam," Tannim replied, refilling his cup from the bottle of Gatorade on the kitchen table.

    Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • "Attacking a human with bael-fire is just as cowardly, Sam," the young man pointed out.

    Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993

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