Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
Sinònims
Examples for "amboyna"
Examples for "amboyna"
1A day's sail took us off Amboyna, the capital of the Moluccas.
2He had brought with him, from Amboyna, his old companion, John Deyro.
3On leaving Amboyna, we accordingly shaped our course in that direction.
4He demanded compensation from the Dutch for the half-forgotten outrage of Amboyna in 1623.
5We came to an anchor off the town of Amboyna.
1The camera comes with a special wooden casing fashioned from Amboyna Burl, the deformed wood of the Southeast Asian Padauk tree.
1The same author describes also the asana ( Pterocarpus indicus-Willd.