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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teak \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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: {teakwood}]
2: tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa
and tropical America for its hard durable wood [syn: {Tectona
grandis}]
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