dambonite Chem.
(ˈdæmbənaɪt)
[f. dambo native African name + -ite.]
A sweet white crystalline substance (C4H8O3) found in a kind of caoutchouc obtained from a plant growing near the Gaboon in Western Africa.
| [1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Equat. Afr. x. 121 The caoutchouc of Africa is obtained from a vine (called dambo by the natives).] 1879 Watts Dict. Chem. VI. 541 The exuded juice, coagulated by exposure to the air, is kneaded into loaves called by the natives n'dambo..Dambonite is white, easily soluble in water and in alchohol of ordinary strength, sparingly soluble in absolute alcohol. |