Amadou is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 67 anagrams from letters in amadou (aadmou).
1805-15; French, Middle French, apparently noun derivative of amadouer to coax, influence by flattery. verbal derivative of Provençal, Old Provençal amadou(r) lover Latin amātōr-, stem of amā
Its thick spongy stem, being reduced to charcoal, takes fire like amadou.
The driver, amadou Diallo, was a courtly African immigrant who made it a point to wear a tie as he worked.
In this English publication, the word "punk" is not used; the substance is called "amadou."
Just over a dozen years ago, amadou Diallo was shot at 41 times by police officers who mistook his wallet for a gun.
This has happened before, to amadou Diallo, Abner Louima, Emmett Till—even during the New York City draft riots of 1863.
I suppose, if the datum has anywhere been admitted to French publications, the word "amadou" has been avoided, and "punk" used.
Thom says that Boletus laricis and Polyporus fomentarius yield the amadou of commerce.
From Rodney King to amadou Diallo to Sean Bell, stories of police over-response continue to fill the news.