teak

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun teak has 2 senses

teak(n = noun.plant) teakwood - hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding; Array

is a kind of wood

teak(n = noun.plant) tectona grandis - tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood; Array

is a member of genus tectona, tectona

is a kind of tree

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CIDE DICTIONARY

teak, n. [Malayalam tekku.].

A tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree. [1913 Webster]

African teak, a tree (Oldfieldia Africana) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called also African oak. -- New Zeland teak, a large tree (Vitex littoralis) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

teak, n.
1 a large deciduous tree, Tectona grandis, native to India and SE Asia.
2 its hard durable timber, much used in shipbuilding and furniture.

Etymology

Port. teca f. Malayalam tekka