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

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