About The Word Teak
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Teak
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What's The Definition Of Teak?
[n] tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
[n] hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding Synonyms | Synonyms for Teak: Tectona grandis Related Terms | Find terms related to Teak: See Also | genus Tectona | teak | teakwood | Tectona | tree | wood Teak In Webster's Dictionary \Teak\, n. [Malayalm tekku.] (Bot.)
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. [Written also {teek}.]
{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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