Found 3 items, similar to Teak.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: teak
pohon jati
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: teak
teak
n 1: hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees;
resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture
and in shipbuilding [syn:
teakwood]
2: tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa
and tropical America for its hard durable wood [syn:
Tectona grandis
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Teak
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]