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sambuke

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sam⋅bu⋅ca

1  [sam-byoo-kuh]
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–noun
1. Also, sam⋅buke  [sam-byook] . an ancient stringed musical instrument used in Greece and the Near East.
2. a medieval hurdy-gurdy.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME sambuke < L sambūca < Gk sambȳ́kē perh. < Sem; cf. Aram sabbəkhā
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sambuca 
It. liqueur resembling anisette, 1971, from It., from L. sambucus "elder tree."
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