myrobolans

I bring them out of a country where the very hogs, God be with us, live on nothing but myrobolans.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

I bring them out of a country where the very hogs, God be with us, live on nothing but myrobolans.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Crude or preserved myrobolans were a more important article of commerce in the Middle Ages than now.

The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884

As to what he says of cinnamon, and aloes and ginger, incense, myrobolans, sandal woods, I never saw them in this island, at least I did not recognize them; what he says of flax must mean _cabuya_ [364-4] which are leaves like the _cavila_ from which thread is made and cloth or linen can be made from it, but it is more like hemp cloth than linen.

The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884

I bring them out of a country where the very hogs, God be with us, live on nothing but myrobolans.

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518

We have also seen some lemon-colored myrobolans; at this season they are all lying under the trees, and have a bitter flavor, arising, I think, from the rottenness occasioned by the moisture of the ground; but the taste of such parts as have remained sound, is that of the genuine myrobolan. [

The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884