ambatchn.

Brit.

/ˈambatʃ/, U.S.

/ˈæmˌbætʃ/

Forms: 1800s ambadj, 1800s ambads, 1800s ambadsh, 1800s– ambach, 1800s– ambaj, 1800s– ambash, 1800s– ambatch, 1900s– ambatsch.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from a language spoken in East Africa.

Etymology: Probably < a language spoken in East Africa; compare Amharic əmbac'o, əmbwac'o, Tigrinya ambatcha, denoting various plants.

A spiny yellow-flowered shrub or small tree, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (family Leguminosae, subfamily Papilionoideae), which grows in waterside and swampy habitats in tropical Africa and has very light, spongy wood. Also called pith tree, balsa wood tree (with reference to the similarity of the tree's wood to balsa wood). Cf. sola n.

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1863 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 8 13 In the last stages of the navigation of the Ghazal its banks were covered with forests of ambadsh (anemone mirabilis), which fringes the banks in narrow strips.

1866 S. W. Baker Albert N'yanza I. i. 45 The natives navigate the river in two kind of canoes—one of which is a curious combination of raft and canoe formed of the Ambatch wood, which is so light, that the whole affair is portable.

1935 ‘C. S. Forester’ Afr. Queen ix. 169 On either bank now appeared broad fringes of reeds—papyrus and ambash.

1957 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VI. 91 Not until the nose of the canoe was pushed into the ambatch bushes did the brooding birds leave their nests.

2011 J. P. Rafferty Lakes & Wetlands iv. 123 Papyrus, ambatch, water lilies, and reeds dominate aquatic vegetation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ambatch
释义	ambatchn. Brit. /ˈambatʃ/, U.S. /ˈæmˌbætʃ/ Forms: 1800s ambadj, 1800s ambads, 1800s ambadsh, 1800s– ambach, 1800s– ambaj, 1800s– ambash, 1800s– ambatch, 1900s– ambatsch. Origin: Probably a borrowing from a language spoken in East Africa. Etymology: Probably < a language spoken in East Africa; compare Amharic əmbac'o, əmbwac'o, Tigrinya ambatcha, denoting various plants. A spiny yellow-flowered shrub or small tree, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (family Leguminosae, subfamily Papilionoideae), which grows in waterside and swampy habitats in tropical Africa and has very light, spongy wood. Also called pith tree, balsa wood tree (with reference to the similarity of the tree's wood to balsa wood). Cf. sola n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > other African trees or shrubs keurboom1731 silver-tree1731 witteboom1799 Hottentot's bean1801 melkhouta1823 monkey apple1824 witgatboom1824 Hottentot's bean tree1833 spek-boom1834 mopane1854 Welwitschia1862 ambatch1863 miombo1864 pith tree1864 porkwood1875 tree purslane1882 buffalo-horn1887 monkey guava1887 bush willow1917 melkboom1917 msasa1923 rooibos1932 miraa1945 ovangkol1972 pigeon wood1972 tambotie1973 1863 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 8 13 In the last stages of the navigation of the Ghazal its banks were covered with forests of ambadsh (anemone mirabilis), which fringes the banks in narrow strips. 1866 S. W. Baker Albert N'yanza I. i. 45 The natives navigate the river in two kind of canoes—one of which is a curious combination of raft and canoe formed of the Ambatch wood, which is so light, that the whole affair is portable. 1935 ‘C. S. Forester’ Afr. Queen ix. 169 On either bank now appeared broad fringes of reeds—papyrus and ambash. 1957 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VI. 91 Not until the nose of the canoe was pushed into the ambatch bushes did the brooding birds leave their nests. 2011 J. P. Rafferty Lakes & Wetlands iv. 123 Papyrus, ambatch, water lilies, and reeds dominate aquatic vegetation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1863
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