វគ្គជំនាញកុំព្យូទ័រ
ចំណេះដឹងទូទៅ
ម្ហូបអាហារ
កំប្លែង
ទស្សន៍ទាយ
តូច
មធ្យម
ធំ
Ambergris
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A
substance
of the
consistence
of
wax
,
found
floating
in the
Indian
Ocean
and
other
parts
of the
tropics
, and
also
as a
morbid
secretion
in the
intestines
of the
sperm
whale
(
Physeter
macrocephalus
),
which
is
believed
to be in all
cases
its
true
origin
. In
color
it is
white
,
ash-gray
,
yellow
, or
black
, and
often
variegated
like
marble
. The
floating
masses
are
sometimes
from
sixty
to two
hundred
and
twenty-five
pounds
in
weight
. It is
wholly
volatilized
as a
white
vapor
at
212
Fahrenheit
, and is
highly
valued
in
perfumery
.