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amboyna

(æmˈbɔɪnə) or

amboina

(Forestry) the mottled curly-grained wood of an Indonesian leguminous tree, Pterocarpus indicus, used in making furniture

[C19: from the island of Amboina]

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Noun	1.	amboyna - mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus Andaman redwood rosewood - hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork padauk, padouk, Pterocarpus indicus, amboyna - tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
	2.	amboyna - tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain padauk, padouk, Pterocarpus indicus genus Pterocarpus, Pterocarpus - genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods amboyna, Andaman redwood - mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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