ambary (uncountable)
A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth.
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Source: Wiktionary
Am*ba"ry, n., or Ambary hemp. [Hind. ambara, ambari.]
Definition: A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; --called also brown Indian hemp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
