Home › Words › P › padaukpadaukpadauk means any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.EtymologyFrom Burmese ပိတောက် (pi.tauk).nounAny of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.The valuable timber of these trees.e.g.“In the dusty workroom her artificially red ponytail glowed like padauk, one of the exotic veneers she uses in her work.” — 2008 May 27, Carol Kino, “An Artist Breathes New Life Into Renaissance Ways With Wood”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.angsana 63% match — A tree of species Pterocarpus indicus, the source of a desirable tropical hardwood, of southeast Asia. vs padauk →bloodwood 63% match — Any of various trees having red wood:; Certain eucalypts vs padauk →poon 62% match — Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc. vs padauk →narra 61% match — Any of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus of trees in the family Fabaceae, but especially Pterocarpus indicus. vs padauk →rubberwood 59% match — The wood of the Pará rubber tree. vs padauk →paldao 59% match — The wood of Dracontomelon dao, the Pacific walnut. vs padauk →kingwood 59% match — Dalbergia cearensis, a Brazilian tree having a violet-brown, hard texture. vs padauk →apitong 59% match — The medium hardwood tree Dipterocarpus grandiflorus. vs padauk →