'Tectona grandis' definitions:
Definition of 'Tectona grandis'
(from WordNet)
noun
Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood [syn: teak, Tectona grandis]
Definition of 'Tectona grandis'
From: GCIDE
- 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]