padauk /pəˈdaʊk 
, bəˈdaʊ / (also padouk) ▸ noun 1 [mass noun] timber from a tropical tree, resembling rosewood. 2 the large tree of the pea family which produces padauk, native to the Old World tropics. Genus Pterocarpus, family Leguminosae: three species, in particular African padauk (P. soyauxii).
– ORIGIN mid 19th century: from Burmese.
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