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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See padauk.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A south-east Asian tree, Pterocarpus indicus
  2. n. The reddish, mottled or striped wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
  2. n. mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus

Etymologies

  1. After Amboyna (Ambon).

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‘amboyna’ has been looked up 528 times, added to 3 lists, and has a Scrabble score of 14.