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padouk (iou)



padouk noun. Also padauk. M19.
[Burmese.]
Any of various large leguminous trees of the genus Pterocarpus, esp. P. soyauxii of W. Africa, P. dalbergioides of the Andaman Islands, and P. macrocarpus of Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand; the reddish hardwood obtained from any of these trees, which resembles rosewood.