Etymology

nanmu

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Today it means: wood of the tree Phoebe nanmu (or several other similar) that was once used for boat building, architectural woodworking and wood art in China Full definition →

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Borrowed from Mandarin 楠木 (nánmù).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.