pyinma
- noun
- Specialized
- The furniture was crafted from pyinma, giving it a beautiful reddish-brown finish.
Examples
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Artisans prize pyinma for its smooth surface and durability in making decorative boxes.
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Because of its lustrous appearance, pyinma is often chosen for specialty veneer applications.
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The artisan chose pyinma for its durability.
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I love the color of pyinma wood.
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Artisans prize pyinma for its smooth surface and durability in making decorative boxes.
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Because of its lustrous appearance, pyinma is often chosen for specialty veneer applications.
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The furniture was crafted from pyinma, giving it a beautiful reddish-brown finish.
Synonyms
A large tree from India with dark, hard wood used for fine furniture and musical instruments
A hard reddish wood from a tree in India and Myanmar used for fine furniture
A tropical tree in the Philippines with hard fragrant wood used for furniture
A tree from the Philippines with hard red fragrant wood used for furniture and building
A large Indian tree with hard dark purple-brown wood used for fine furniture and musical instruments
A tree from the Caribbean that makes hard dark brown wood like mahogany
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pyinma comes from Burmese and is the local name for the Queen's crape myrtle tree; its wood is hard, light reddish-brown and very smooth, so woodworkers use it for fine boxes and furniture. That's why pyinma in English means this special, durable timber.