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Tectona grandis (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] |
tectona grandis (wn) | 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] |
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tectona grandis (wn) | 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] |
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