NOUN
- mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
- tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
How To Use amboyna In A Sentence
- The centrepiece of the pavilion was a grand piano designed by Ruhlmann and made from such exotic materials as amboyna wood and Macassar ebony.
- The base is made of rippled walnut and amboyna, inset with marquetry of acanthus in satinwood (sand-burnt for three-dimensional effect), which was done by a Welsh firm, Anita Marquetry.
- The board materials they use are pretty sweet too, featuring amboyna, ebony and spalted maple. Archive 2008-02-01
- Amboyna shows signs of commercial prosperity in the crowded _passer_ and the busy Chinese _campong_, for the enterprising Celestial forms an important element of the mercantile community in the Clove Island. Through the Malay Archipelago
- After finishing the surface, the grain texture of amboyna wood has a depth and richness unmatched in other textured woods.
- The result produces beautiful bowls and tables made from amboyna, a burled wood from Laos. Cool Hunting
- This peculiarity is visible, not only when the Celebesian species are compared with their small-sized allies of Java and Borneo, but also, and in an almost equal degree, when the large forms of Amboyna and the Moluccas are the objects of comparison, showing that this is quite a distinct phenomenon from the difference of size which has just been pointed out. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays
- Aside from the exposed movement, what makes it stand out is its handsome bezel in solid amboyna-burl wood. Times, Sunday Times
- Woods: Highly figured birdseye maple forearm with a very tight grained maple handle under the wrap and a Red Amboyna Butt sleeve.
- Woods: Highly figured birdseye maple forearm with a very tight grained maple handle under the wrap and a Red Amboyna Butt sleeve.