tectona grandis

2 definitions found

tectona grandis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

tectona grandis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Tectona grandis
      n 1: tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa
           and tropical America for its hard durable wood [syn:
           teak, Tectona grandis]