ambatch
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
ambatch (usually uncountable, plural ambatches)
- 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.
- (countable) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.