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Definition[1]

billa : [m.] the marmelos tree.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Billa [cp. Ved. bilva] fruit of the Bilva tree, Aegle mar- melos or Bengal quince, only in one stock phrase where its size is compared with sizes of smaller fruits, and where it is preceded by āmalaka S i.150=A iv.170(vv. ll. villa, bila, beḷu, bilāla)=Sn p. 125 (vv. ll. pillā billā, billa; T. reading after SS billi). Cp. derivations bella & beluva.

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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