ambari
(æmˈbɑːrɪ)
Also -ee.
[Urdu ambārā, ambāṛī.]
The fibre of an Indian plant, Hibiscus cannabinus, used for making ropes and coarse cloth; brown Indian hemp (also ambari hemp); the plant itself.
| 1855 in Imp. Dict. Suppl. 1873 H. Drury Useful Plants of India (ed. 2) 243 Hibiscus cannabinus..Ambaree... The bark of this species is full of strong fibres which the inhabitants of the Malabar coast prepare and make into cordage. 1887 C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 282 The plant is largely grown in Western India, both as a pot-herb and for its fibre, known as ‘Ambari’, which much resembles jute. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 263/1 Deccan or Ambari hemp,..an Indian and East Indian malvaceous plant. |