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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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