padauk

plural padauks

1. uncountableusuallyAny of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.
2. uncountableusuallyThe valuable timber of these trees.

   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

   Synonyms: mukwa, narra