padauk

American

[puh-douk] / pəˈdaʊk /

noun

padouk.

padauk British

/ -ˈdɔːk, pəˈdaʊk /

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 decorative cabinetwork

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Etymology

Origin of padauk

First recorded in 1830–40

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