maidou

noun

mai·​dou

mīˈdü

plural -s

: a tree (Pterocarpus pedatus) of Burma and Indochina whose wood resembles amboyna but is of coarser figure and darker brown

Word History

Etymology

native name in Burma and Indochina

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