PADAUK

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 ("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)

Meronyms (substance of "padauk"):

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

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

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