calambac
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French calambac, from Malay kalambaq (“a kind of fragrant wood”).
Noun
editcalambac (uncountable)
References
edit“calambac”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editcalambac m (plural calambacs)
- agarwood
- Synonyms: agalloche, bois d’aigle, bois d’aloès, gaharu
Descendants
edit- English: calambac
Further reading
edit- “calambac” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “calambac” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.