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

The bright yellow flowers of the ambatch, and of a tree resembling a laburnum, are in great profusion.

From The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile 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

I sent Abdullah with orders to the king, Quat Kare, to collect all his people with their ambatch canoes to assist us in raising the wreck.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

At 11.30 A.M., we passed the solitary ambatch bush on the west bank where the steamer smashed her paddle last year.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

Last year we were five hours from the ambatch bush to the dubba.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir