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TEAK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
Synonyms:
teak; Tectona grandis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("teak" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (substance of "teak"):
teak; teakwood (hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding)
Holonyms ("teak" is a member of...):
genus Tectona; Tectona (small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
Synonyms:
teak; teakwood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("teak" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("teak" is a substance of...):
teak; Tectona grandis (tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood)