Amboina wood
American
Or
Amboyna wood
noun
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the hard, heavy wood of a tree, Pterocarpus indicus, of southern Asia, having a curly or mottled grain.
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the tree itself.
Etymology
Origin of Amboina wood
First recorded in 1860–65
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