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单词 amadou
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amadoun.

/ˈæməduː/
Etymology: modern French < amadouer to allure, found in many forms in the northern French dialects, but of doubtful origin; considered by Diez and Littré to be < Old Norse mata (Danish made) to feed, as if to attract with a bait: see Littré.
German tinder, prepared from species of fungus Polyporus and Boletus, that grow on trees, employed as a match and a styptic.
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1815 Encycl. Brit. I. 761 Some give to the amadow the name of pyrotechnical sponge.
1863 J. Tyndall Heat i. 14 Tinder or dry amadou, may be ignited by this syringe.
1869 Lorrain in Eng. Mech. 22 Oct. 137/2 Amadou, punk or German Tinder, is made from a kind of fungus that grows on the trunks of old oaks, ashes, beeches, &c.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. i. 35 Cushions of amadou and well-adjusted pads of cotton wool or spongio-piline.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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