Teak

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]