ambro

ambro

Esperanto

Noun

ambro (uncountable, accusative ambron)

1. ambergris (substance derived from the sperm whale, used in perfumes)
   • Lydia Zamenhof (translator), Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Part 1, Chapter 1,

     Mi hejtigas mian hypocaustum per cedra ligno, surŝutita de ambro, ĉar mi preferas en la vivo belajn odorojn ol malbelajn.

     I shall give command to burn in my hypocaustum, cedar-wood sprinkled with ambergris, for during life I prefer perfumes to stenches. (Jeremiah Curtin translation)