Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several African or Asian trees of the genus Pterocarpus of the pea family, having hard red or red-purple wood.
- noun The wood of any of these trees, used chiefly for furniture and cabinetwork.
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- noun The
valuable timber of Pterocarpus, apantropical genus oftrees .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The chair prototype pictured above is made of padauk and aluminum connector plates.
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The furniture was made of beautiful shiny padauk wood, which is a deep red, sometimes almost shading into black.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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When my mother entered the sitting room with my father, her mother-in-law was seated at the far end on a formal, carved square padauk chair.
WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991
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Leading up to her on both sides of the room, enhancing the formality, were two symmetrical rows of square, exquisitely carved padauk chairs.
WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991
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The furniture was made of beautiful shiny padauk wood, which is a deep red, sometimes almost shading into black.
WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991
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When my mother entered the sitting room with my father, her mother-in-law was seated at the far end on a formal, carved square padauk chair.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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The furniture was made of beautiful shiny padauk wood, which is a deep red, sometimes almost shading into black.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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Leading up to her on both sides of the room, enhancing the formality, were two symmetrical rows of square, exquisitely carved padauk chairs.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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Leading up to her on both sides of the room, enhancing the formality, were two symmetrical rows of square, exquisitely carved padauk chairs.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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When my mother entered the sitting room with my father, her mother-in-law was seated at the far end on a formal, carved square padauk chair.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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