AMBOYNA


Meaning of AMBOYNA in English

noun

or am·boi·na amˈbȯinə

( -s )

Etymology: from Amboina, town, island, & division of the Moluccas, Indonesia

1. : a mottled curly-grained wood of a tree ( Pterocarpus indicus ) of India and the Malay archipelago — called also Andaman redwood, rosewood

2. : the tree that yields amboyna

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