amadou.
A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.
Meaning & usage
A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.
Where this word comes from
From French amadou (“tinder, lure, bait”), from amadouer (“to allure, caress”), perhaps from Icelandic mata (“to feed”), which is akin to English meat.
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