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† mambu Obs.
Also 8 mombu.
[a. OPg. mambu bamboo n.]
The bamboo.
1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 149 A sort of Canes, by the Iavians called Mambu. Ibid., On the Coast of Malabar [etc.] this sort of Cane produces a drug called Sacar Mambus, that is, Sugar of Mambu. 1681Grew Musæum ii. 223 Part of a sort of Mambu, a great Indian Cane. Ibid. 225. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) II. 384/1 A substance called Tabaxir, or sugar of Mombu. |