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.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
