AMBOYNA


Meaning of AMBOYNA in English

n.

Variant: or am · boi · na

Pronunciation: am- ' bo ̇ i-n ə

Function: noun

Etymology: Amboina, Moluccas, Indonesia

Date: circa 1859

: a mottled curly-grained wood of a southeast Asian tree ( Pterocarpus indicus ) of the legume family

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.