amadou
/'æmәdu:/
中文翻译
n. 火绒(止血和引火用)
英文解释
n. 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.
常见例句
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A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou. n