单词 | ambatch |
释义 | ambatch|ˈæmbætʃ| Also ambach, ambash. [app. of Ethiopic origin.] A leguminous tree or shrub, æschynomene elaphroxylon, of tropical Africa, with very light spongy wood; also called pith-tree.
1864J. A. Grant Walk across Africa p. xv, Ambadj; native name for the pith-tree. 1884J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 100 Here, too, we came across the famous ambatch.., one of the most extraordinary growths of African vegetation. 1887[see pith-tree s.v. pith n. 8]. 1889H. M. Stanley in Daily News 4 Dec. 3/1 A..sand bank overgrown with sedge and ambatch. 1935C. S. Forester Afr. Queen ix. 169 On either bank now appeared broad fringes of reeds—papyrus and ambash. 1957Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VI. 91 Not until the nose of the canoe was pushed into the ambatch bushes did the brooding birds leave their nests. |

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