Andaman padauk

noun

1

: a tree (Pterocarpus dalbergioides) of the Andaman islands with reddish or red-brown wood like mahogany

2

: the wood of the Andaman padauk tree

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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