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ambatch

/ˈæmˌbætʃ/

ambatch noun: a large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.

ambatch: a large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene...
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Noun

ambatch (usually uncountable, plural ambatches)

  1. (usually) A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
  2. (countable, usually) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.

Forms of ambatch

pluralambatches

Origin of ambatch

Likely borrowed from an Ethiopian language.

Questions about ambatch

What does ambatch mean?
Ambatch means a large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
What part of speech is ambatch?
Ambatch is a noun.
How do you pronounce ambatch?
Ambatch is pronounced /ˈæmˌbætʃ/.
What is the plural of ambatch?
The plural of ambatch is ambatches.

Words near ambatch in the dictionary

  1. ambassies
  2. ambassing
  3. ambassy
  4. Ambastha
  5. Ambasthas
  6. ambatch
  7. ambatches
  8. Ambato
  9. ambatoarinite
  10. ambazone
  11. Ambazonia

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