Definition of "gaub" []

• The Diospyros Embryopteris of the East Indies, a species of persimmon, the heart-wood of which forms some of the ebony of commerce. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Specimens of these, and of the bark of the Saul tree, of _Nychanthes arbortrista, Terminalia angustifolia_, and of the gaub fruit (_Diospyros glutinosa_), were shown by the East India Company."