Teak : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Teak	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Teak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
teak n hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding Synonym(s): teak, teakwood tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood Synonym(s): teak, Tectona grandis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teak \Teak\, n. [Malayalm 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}.] {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.