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PADAUK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

amboyna; padauk; padouk; Pterocarpus indicus

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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)

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