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Meanings of padauk in English

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Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.

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Examples for "amboyna"
Examples for "amboyna"
1
A day's sail took us off Amboyna, the capital of the Moluccas.
In the Eastern Seas
2
He had brought with him, from Amboyna, his old companion, John Deyro.
The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volume...
3
On leaving Amboyna, we accordingly shaped our course in that direction.
Mark Seaworth
4
He demanded compensation from the Dutch for the half-forgotten outrage of Amboyna in 1623.
The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History
5
We came to an anchor off the town of Amboyna.
In the Eastern Seas
1
The same author describes also the asana ( Pterocarpus indicus-Willd.
History of the Philippine Islands
Usage of padauk in English
1
The camera comes with a special wooden casing fashioned from Amboyna Burl, the deformed wood of the Southeast Asian Padauk tree.
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