Pterocarpus indicus n 1: tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain [syn: {padauk}, {padouk}, {amboyna}, {Pterocarpus indicus}]
Amboyna wood \Am*boy"na wood\ A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the {Pterocarpus Indicus} of Amboyna, Borneo, etc. [1913 Webster]