padauk
English
Etymology
From Burmese ပိတောက် (pi.tauk).
Noun
padauk (usually uncountable, plural padauks)
- Any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.
- The valuable timber of these trees.
- 2008 May 27, Carol Kino, “An Artist Breathes New Life Into Renaissance Ways With Wood”, in New York Times:
- In the dusty workroom her artificially red ponytail glowed like padauk, one of the exotic veneers she uses in her work.
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Synonyms
- (timber): mukwa, narra
Anagrams
- paduka