Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See padauk.
Wiktionary
- n. A south-east Asian tree, Pterocarpus indicus
- n. The reddish, mottled or striped wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking
WordNet 3.0
- n. tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
- n. mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
Etymologies
- After Amboyna (Ambon). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The board materials they use are pretty sweet too, featuring amboyna, ebony and spalted maple.”
“Specimens of amboyna wood, the odoriferous sandal wood from Timor, clove wood, and other choice woods from the Moluccas and Prince of”
“The result produces beautiful bowls and tables made from amboyna, a burled wood from Laos.”
“The main part of the frame is constructed from lignum vitae and there are inlays of ebony, amboyna burl and desert ironwood.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘amboyna’.
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stripes and bands
variegated armadillos and other asundry bands and stripes
fajada, raye, apar, fasciated, hemigalus, numbat, onyx, tatouay, tortrix, coquina, peba, myrmecobius and 113 more...
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Arcades Ambo
arcades ambo, bamboo, ambo, amboyna, bambino, Amboise, framboise, dithurambos, Rambo, flamboyant, gamboge, mambo and 33 more...
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Trees!
mahogany, sequoia, balsa, sandalwood, tamarind, balsam, eucalyptus, birch, willow, buttonwood, evergreen, loblolly and 501 more...
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