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TEAK

\tˈiːk], \tˈiːk], \t_ˈiː_k]\

Definitions of TEAK

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A tall East Indian tree whose leaves yield a red dye; the hard, durable timber of this tree.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A tree in the E. Indies and Africa, also its wood, remarkable for its hardness and durability.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

An East Indian tree, and its hard and durable timber.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A large East-Indian tree yielding durable timber.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. A tree of the genus Tectona, growing in the East Indies, which furnishes very excellent ship timber ; also, the timber of the tree.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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