abroma

[In Ger. abrome; Fr. ambrome; Gr. a priv., βρῶμα (broma) = food-unfit for food.] A genus of plants belonging to the order Byttneriaceæ, or Byttneriads. They are small trees with hairy, lobed leaves, clusters of yellow or purple flowers, and five-celled winged capsules. A. august a, or the smooth stalked, and A. fastuosa, or the prickly-stalked abroma, are cultivated in stoves in Britain: the latter is from New South Wales; the former-the Wollut comul or Wullut cumal of the Bengalees is from the East Indies, where 33 the fibres are made into cordage. It is a handsome tree, with drooping purple flowers. * â'-bron, a. Auburn. "With abron locks." Hall : Satires , iii. 5.