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pa·douk

 (pə-do͞ok′)
n.
Variant of padauk.
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padouk

(pəˈdaʊk; -ˈdɔːk)
n
(Plants) a variant spelling of padauk
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pa•douk

or pa•dauk

(pəˈdaʊk)

n.
any of several tropical Old World trees of the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, having reddish striped or mottled wood.
[1830–40; < Burmese padauk]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.padouk - tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
padauk, Pterocarpus indicus, amboyna
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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