1. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
   - teakwood 
2. Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
   - Tectona grandis

Derived forms: teaks

Type of: tree, wood

Part of: genus Tectona, Tectona

Encyclopedia: Teak

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