teak

Noun
  1. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees;
    Resistant to insects and to warping;
    Used for furniture and in shipbuilding (synset 112937483)
    is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
    substance meronym: teak, tectona grandis - tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
    same as: teakwood
  2. Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood (synset 112937271)
    is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
    belongs to: genus tectona, tectona - small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak
    substance holonym: teak, teakwood - hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
    same as: tectona grandis

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