teakwood

teak·wood

T0072500 (tēk′wo͝od′)n. Teak.

teak

(tik)

n. 1. a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, medium brown wood. 2. the wood of this tree, used in shipbuilding, furniture-making, etc. [1665–75; earlier teke < Portuguese teca < Malayalam tēkka]

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teakwood - hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuildingteakTectona grandis, teak - tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable woodwood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees