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amadow

amadow is the obsolete form of amadou.

Meaning of amadou

Noun

amadou (uncountable)

  1. A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.
    Synonyms:
    German tinder

Questions about amadow

What is amadow the obsolete form of?
Amadow is the obsolete form of amadou.

Words near amadow in the dictionary

  1. Amadori compounds
  2. Amadors
  3. Amados
  4. Amadotte
  5. amadou
  6. amadow
  7. amaduvad
  8. amaduvads
  9. amae
  10. amaebocyte
  11. Amaethon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amadow (page history and authors); amadou (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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