amadou

英['æmәdu:]

n. 火绒(止血和引火用)

n. A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus\n (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk.\n It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as\n tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong\n solution of niter.