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Answer for the clue "Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus ", 7 letters:
amboyna

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Word definitions for amboyna in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Amboyna is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus [syn: Andaman redwood ] tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain [syn: padauk , padouk , Pterocarpus indicus ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A south-east Asian tree, (taxlink Pterocarpus indicus species noshow=1) 2 The reddish, mottled or striped wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking

Usage examples of amboyna.

Malucas it is all islands, and on the south side are many uniting with those of Banda and Amboyna, where the Dutch carry on a trade.

New Guinea, was the Fort of Amboyna, and that the date was the 4th of March 1607.

I wish they would: they do not possess a single ship of the line, and three of their fat merchantmen passed Amboyna last week - such prizes!

Dutch held in Ceylon, with Malacca, Cochin, Chinsura, Amboyna, and Banda, fell into the hands of the British.

Borneo supplied camphor, Amboyna nutmegs and mace, and two small islands, Temote and Tidor, offered cloves.

But when once the Portuguese were beaten the allies fell out among themselves, the Dutch got the upper hand, and, in 1623, killed off the English traders at Amboyna, one of the Moluccas.