ambatch
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Likely borrowed from an Ethiopian language.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ambatch (usually uncountable, plural ambatches)
- A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
- (countable) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.