Padauk (also padouk) (noun)
pad-ouk
Any of several trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia and Africa, having reddish striped or mottled wood used for paneling, furniture, etc. / The wood from one of these trees.
First recorded in 1830–40, padouk is from the Burmese word padauk
Example sentences
“tables of paudauk, laden with food.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
