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Moldavian

noun
Definitions
  • tinder, touchwood, punk
  • any of several kinds of hard, dry mushrooms () that grow on tree trunks and were used as tinder to kindle fires

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ēsca (food, bait, dish prepared for the table).

Origin

Latin

ēsca

Gloss

food, bait, dish prepared for the table

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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