ambatch

American

[am-bach] / ˈæm bætʃ /

noun

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

ambatch British

/ ˈæmˌbætʃ /

noun

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

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ambatch

Marshes and ambatch, far as the eye can reach.

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

I always carried a harpoon in the boat with the rope and ambatch float.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

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

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

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 Sir Samuel White Baker

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 Sir Samuel White Baker

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