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Noun: amboyna  am'boy-nu
  1. Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
    - Andaman redwood
     
  2. Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
    - padauk, padouk, Pterocarpus indicus

Derived forms: amboynas

Type of: rosewood, tree

Part of: genus Pterocarpus, Pterocarpus

Encyclopedia: Amboyna