[syn: teak, Tectona grandis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Teak \Teak\ (t[=e]k), n. [Malayalam 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.]
[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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
teak
n 1: hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees;
resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and
in shipbuilding [syn: teak, teakwood]
2: tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa
and tropical America for its hard durable wood [syn: teak,
Tectona grandis]