Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Either of two large leguminous trees, Pterocarpus Indicus and P. macrocarpus, and also their woods.
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- noun Alternative form of
paduak .
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
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Examples
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The top Chippendale lot will be an elaborate, parcel-gilt padouk cabinet on a stand reminiscent of Chinese pagodas from 1755-1760 (estimate: £2.5 million-£4 million).
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The floor of the church is of mosaic, and stalls, screens, and nave seats are of Burmese wood, called padouk.
Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London Walter Besant 1868
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They plan on introducing the Miniot Cover, a $69 accessory that looks and acts like the Smart Cover but comes in five different varieties of real, wood-smoked oak, walnut, cherry, padouk, and mahogany.
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The university curators have borrowed a pyramidal bedside table and a padouk
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Victrola cabinet originally built for Helene Fischer, owner of a Philadelphia valve-making factory, and a ridged padouk headboard carved for the Manhattan apartment of the photographer
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