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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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Tectona grandis
      n : tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa
          and tropical America for its hard durable wood [syn: teak]