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
padauk (usually uncountable, plural padauks)
Any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.
The valuable timber of these trees.
• (timber): mukwa, narra
• paduka
Source: Wiktionary
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
