ambatch

American  

[am-bach] / ˈæm bætʃ /

noun

1. an Egyptian tree, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, of the legume family, having a light-colored, spongy wood.

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ambatch British  

/ ˈæmˌbætʃ /

noun

1. a tree or shrub of the Nile Valley, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, valued for its light-coloured pithlike wood

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Etymology

Origin of ambatch

1860–65; perhaps < a source akin to Amharic əmb ( w ) ac'o, name for Rumex alismafolius

Example Sentences

Our native traders arrived daily in fleets of ambatch canoes from a considerable distance.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

I was walking on the quay, when I heard a great commotion, and I saw a splashing in the river, the surface of which was covered with the ambatch fragments of a native canoe.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

Marshes and ambatch, far as the eye can reach.

From The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

Reeds, similar in appearance to bamboos but distinct from them, big water-grass, like sugarcanes, excellent fodder for the cattle, and the ever-present ambatch, cover the morasses.

From The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

We have been exactly 19 1/2 hours steaming from Kutchuk Ali's station to the ambatch.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir