BURMA PADAUK

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Meaning:

Tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany

Synonyms:

Burma padauk; Burmese rosewood; Pterocarpus macrocarpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Burma padauk" 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)

Holonyms ("Burma padauk" is a member of...):

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