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ANDAMAN REDWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Andaman redwood mean?
• ANDAMAN REDWOOD (noun)
The noun ANDAMAN REDWOOD has 1 sense:
1. mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
Familiarity information: ANDAMAN REDWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
amboyna; Andaman redwood
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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