Ambatch
an Egyptian tree, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, of the legume family, having a light-colored, spongy wood.
Historical Examples
By and by it gives place to the ambatch as the characteristic tree of the Nile.
Stanley in Africa James P. Boyd
noun
a tree or shrub of the Nile Valley, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, valued for its light-coloured pithlike wood
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