AMBOYNA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

amboyna; padauk; padouk; Pterocarpus indicus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("amboyna" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "amboyna"):

amboyna; Andaman redwood (mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus)

Holonyms ("amboyna" is a member of...):

genus Pterocarpus; Pterocarpus (genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods)

Meaning:

Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus

Synonyms:

amboyna; Andaman redwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("amboyna" is a kind of...):

rosewood (hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork)

Holonyms ("amboyna" is a substance of...):

amboyna; padauk; padouk; Pterocarpus indicus (tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain)