ambatch

 [am-bach]  

am·batch

   [am-bach]
noun
an Egyptian tree, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, of the legume family, having a light-colored, spongy wood.
Origin:
1860–65; perhaps < a source akin to Amharic əmb(w)ac'o, name for Rumex alismafolius
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ambatch or ambach (ˈæmˌbætʃ)
 
—n
a tree or shrub of the Nile Valley, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, valued for its light-coloured pithlike wood
 
[C19: probably from the Ethiopian name]
 
ambach or ambach
 
—n
 
[C19: probably from the Ethiopian name]

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