amadou

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amadou

/ˈæ.mə.duː/

Where it comes from

From French amadou (“tinder, lure, bait”), from amadouer (“to allure, caress”), perhaps from Icelandic mata (“to feed”), which is akin to English meat.

noun

uncountable A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.
Similar: German tinder

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noun spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi

Français	amadou
Русский	трут trut

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@misc{amadou_2026,
  title = {amadou},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amadou},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}