PADAUK

padauk, padouk, amboyna, Pterocarpus indicus

(noun) tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

padauk (usually uncountable, plural padauks)

Any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.

The valuable timber of these trees.

Synonyms

• (timber): mukwa, narra

Anagrams

• paduka

Source: Wiktionary



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