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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Af·ri·can a.  Of or pertaining to Africa.
 African hemp, a fiber prepared from the leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and India.
 African marigold, a tropical American plant (Tagetes erecta).
 African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building.
 African violet .
 African-American, see African-American.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Teak n.  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.]
 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.