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A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter. Ure.
Length: 6Scrabble® value: 9Words With Friends® value: 11
Numerology value: 1 (Pythagorean letter-sum). See what this number means on NumberAngel.
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