amboyna definitions

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus [syn: amboyna, Andaman redwood]
2: tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain [syn: padauk, padouk, amboyna, Pterocarpus indicus]

Merriam Webster's

or amboina noun Etymology: Amboina, Moluccas, Indonesia Date: circa 1859 a mottled curly-grained wood of a southeast Asian tree (Pterocarpus indicus) of the legume family

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the decorative wood of the SE Asian tree Pterocarpus indicus. Etymology: Amboyna Island in Indonesia