ANDAMAN REDWOOD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus

Synonyms:

amboyna; Andaman redwood

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Andaman redwood" is a kind of...):

rosewood (hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork)

Holonyms ("Andaman redwood" is a substance of...):

amboyna; padauk; padouk; Pterocarpus indicus (tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain)

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