ambatch

ambatch
/am"bach/, n.
an Egyptian tree, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, of the legume family, having a light-colored, spongy wood.
[1860-65; perh. < a source akin to Amharic amb(w)ac'o, name for Rumex alismafolius]

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