SINCE 1828
amboyna
noun
am·boy·na
| \ am-ˈbȯi-nə
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variants:
or amboina
Definition of amboyna
: a mottled curly-grained wood of a southeast Asian tree (Pterocarpus indicus) of the legume family
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