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Amadou

//ˈæ.mə.duː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder. uncountable

Etymology

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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