🪵 A reddish wood 🌳 A tropical tree 🟥 A reddish color

padauk

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A tropical tree from Southeast Asia with reddish wood and dark stripes

noun
/pəˈdɔk/

: padauk

The furniture was crafted from padauk, giving the room a warm, rich tone.

Examples

Carvers often choose padauk for its durability and beautiful grain patterns.
In the workshop, planks of padauk lay beside other exotic hardwoods.
Look at this padauk!
The artisan crafted a padauk chair.
Carvers often choose padauk for its durability and beautiful grain patterns.
In the workshop, planks of padauk lay beside other exotic hardwoods.
The furniture was crafted from padauk, giving the room a warm, rich tone.

Synonyms

Pterocarpus indicus

vspadauk

Specialized

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A large tree from Southeast Asia with reddish wood and dark grain

is the common name for the same tree rather than a formal species name

padouk

vspadauk

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A tropical tree from Southeast Asia with reddish wood that has dark stripes used for furniture and instruments

refers only to the living tree and not to the wood

amboyna

vspadauk

Philippine

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A tree from Southeast Asia that has red wood with dark, striped grain

emphasizes the wood's reddish color and distinctive black mottled grain rather than craft use

Burma padauk

vspadauk

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A tree from India and Myanmar that gives reddish-brown wood used for furniture and carving

focuses on wood with reddish color and distinctive black mottled grain

Compounds

Burma padauk

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A tree from India and Myanmar that gives reddish-brown wood used for furniture and carving

Surface Forms

padauk singular

padauks plural

Etymology

Padauk comes from Southeast Asia, where local names pointed to a tree famous for its bright reddish wood. That's why padauk means the tropical tree known for its reddish, often black-mottled grain.