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单词 dambonite
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damboniten.

/ˈdambənʌɪt/
Etymology: < dambo, the name of the plant in an African language + -ite suffix1.
Chemistry.
A sweet white crystalline substance (C4H8O3) found in a kind of caoutchouc obtained from a plant growing near the Gaboon in Western Africa.
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1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. x. 121 The caoutchouc of Africa is obtained from a vine (called dambo by the natives).]
1879 H. Watts Dict. Chem. VI. 541 The exuded juice, coagulated by exposure to the air, is kneaded into loaves called by the natives n'dambo..Dambonite is white, easily soluble in water and in alchohol of ordinary strength, sparingly soluble in absolute alcohol.
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