Amadou
/ˈæ.mə.duː/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder. uncountable
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From French amadou (“tinder, lure, bait”), from amadouer (“to allure, caress”), perhaps from Icelandic mata (“to feed”), which is akin to English meat.