padauk

English

Etymology

From Burmese ပိတောက် (pi.tauk).

Noun

padauk (usually uncountable, plural padauks)

1. Any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.
2. The valuable timber of these trees.
   • 2008 May 27, Carol Kino, “An Artist Breathes New Life Into Renaissance Ways With Wood”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In the dusty workroom her artificially red ponytail glowed like padauk, one of the exotic veneers she uses in her work.

Synonyms

• (timber): mukwa, narra

Anagrams

• paduka