pa·dauk
pa·dauk/pəˈdouk/
noun
- timber from a tropical tree of the pea family, resembling rosewood.
- the large hardwood tree of the Old World tropics that is widely grown for padauk. Some kinds yield a red dye that is used for religious and ritual purposes.
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noun · any of several trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia and Africa, having reddish striped or mottled wood ...
any of several trees of the genus Pterocarpus that yield a reddish wood resembling mahogany: such as. a. : african padauk. b. : andaman padauk.
3 senses: → a variant spelling of padauk 1. any of various tropical African or Asian leguminous trees of the genus Pterocarpus.
noun · any of various tropical African or Asian leguminous trees of the genus Pterocarpus that have reddish wood · the wood of any of these trees, used in ...
Any of various tropical Asian and West African trees of the genus Pterocarpus (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)); esp. P. macrocarpus of Burma (Myanmar) and ...
noun a reddish wood obtained from various leguminous trees (genus Pterocarpus) native to Asia and Africa
The meaning of PADOUK is variant spelling of padauk.
tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain. synonyms: Pterocarpus indicus, amboyna, padouk. see moresee less.
1. padouk - tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain. padauk, Pterocarpus indicus, amboyna · genus Pterocarpus ...
1. tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain [syn: {padauk}, {padouk}, {amboyna}, {Pterocarpus indicus}]