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[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):
Tectona grandis
    n 1: tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa
         and tropical America for its hard durable wood [syn:
         teak, Tectona grandis]