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ambatch
[ am-bach ]
/ ˈæm bætʃ /
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noun
an Egyptian tree, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, of the legume family, having a light-colored, spongy wood.
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Origin of ambatch
1860–65; perhaps < a source akin to Amharic əmb(w)ac'o, name for Rumex alismafolius
Words nearby ambatch
Ambartsumian, ambary, ambassador, ambassador-at-large, ambassadress, ambatch, Ambato, Ambedkar, ambeer, amber, Amber Alert
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How to use ambatch in a sentence
They embark boldly on the river in their raft-like canoes, formed of the excessively light ambatch-wood.
Great African Travellers|W.H.G. KingstonBy and by it gives place to the ambatch as the characteristic tree of the Nile.
Stanley in Africa|James P. Boyd
British Dictionary definitions for ambatch
ambatch
ambach
/ (ˈæmˌbætʃ) /
noun
a tree or shrub of the Nile Valley, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, valued for its light-coloured pithlike wood
Word Origin for ambatch
C19: probably from the Ethiopian name
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