spodium
noun
spo·di·um
ˈspōdēəm
plural -s
1
obsolete : a powder obtained as a product or residue of combustion (such as soot from melting metals or vegetable ash)
2
: bone or animal charcoal
especially : spent bone black from sugar factories used as fertilizer
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin, from Greek spodion, diminutive of spodos wood ash
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- provides against