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PTEROCARPUS INDICUS
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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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Hypernyms ("Pterocarpus indicus" 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 "Pterocarpus indicus"):
amboyna; Andaman redwood (mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus)
Holonyms ("Pterocarpus indicus" is a member of...):
genus Pterocarpus; Pterocarpus (genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods)