Malabar nut

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Malabar \Mal"a*bar`\, n.
   A region in the western part of the Peninsula of India,
   between the mountains and the sea.
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   {Malabar nut} (Bot.), the seed of an East Indian acanthaceous
      shrub, the {Adhatoda Vasica}, sometimes used medicinally.
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