| 单词 | amadou |
| 释义 | amadou /am"euh dooh'/, n. a spongy substance prepared from fungi, Polyporus (Fomes) fomentarius and allied species, growing on trees, used as tinder and in surgery. [1805-15; < F, MF, appar. n. deriv. of amadouer to coax, influence by flattery. v. deriv. of Pr, OPr amadou(r) lover < L amator-, s. of amator (see AMATEUR); name is usually explained by the conventional assoc. between love and highly combustible substances] |
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