NOUN | plant | teakwood, teak | hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees |
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Sounds | tiy'kwuh.d | |
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Rhymes | adulthood ... wormwood: 60 rhymes with uhd... |
Meaning | Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding. | |
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Synonym | teak | |
Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
Substance of | teak, Tectona grandis | tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood |
Spanish | teca, tectona grandis | |
Catalan | teca |
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