Amadou

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A soft spongy substance, consisting of the more solid portion of a fungus (Polyporus fomentarius and other species found growing on forest-trees), steeped in a solution of saltpeter.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter.
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  • noun. A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.
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