ambatch

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/ˈæmˌbætʃ/

noun

A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.

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Meanings

nounambatch (usually uncountable, plural ambatches)

plural ambatches

  1. uncountableusuallyA large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
  2. countableusuallyA raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.

Origin

Likely borrowed from an Ethiopian language.

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Cite this entry
APA

ambatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambatch

MLA

“ambatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambatch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ambatch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambatch.

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