English

Noun

padauk ‎(usually uncountable, plural padauks)

1. The valuable timber of Pterocarpus, a pantropical genus of trees.
   • 2008 May 27, Carol Kino, “An Artist Breathes New Life Into Renaissance Ways With Wood”, in New York Times:

     In the dusty workroom her artificially red ponytail glowed like padauk, one of the exotic veneers she uses in her work.

Synonyms

• (timber): mukwa, narra