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    PTEROCARPUS INDICUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grainplay

    Synonyms:

    amboyna; padauk; padouk; Pterocarpus indicus

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Pterocarpus indicus" is a kind of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Meronyms (substance of "Pterocarpus indicus"):

    amboyna; Andaman redwood (mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus)

    Holonyms ("Pterocarpus indicus" is a member of...):

    genus Pterocarpus; Pterocarpus (genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods)

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