padauk

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padauk

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From Burmese ပိတောက် (pi.tauk).

noun padauks

uncountable, usually Any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.
uncountable, usually The valuable timber of these trees. In the dusty workroom her artificially red ponytail glowed like padauk, one of the exotic veneers she uses in her work.
Similar: mukwa, narra

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中文	紫檀 zǐtán

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"padauk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/padauk. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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"padauk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/padauk.

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@misc{padauk_2026,
  title = {padauk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/padauk},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}