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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEAK
TEAL, n. An aquatic fowl of the genus Anas, the smallest of the duck kind.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding [syn: teak, teakwood]
2: tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood [syn: teak, Tectona grandis]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Portuguese teca, from Malayalam t?kka Date: 1698 1. a tall tropical Asian timber tree (Tectona grandis) of the vervain family 2. the hard yellowish-brown wood of teak used especially for furniture and shipbuilding

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a large deciduous tree, Tectona grandis, native to India and SE Asia. 2 its hard durable timber, much used in shipbuilding and furniture. Etymology: Port. teca f. Malayalam tekka

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Teak Teak, n. [Malayalm tekku.] (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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Teak is the wood of a tall tree with very hard, light-coloured wood which grows in South-East Asia. The door is beautifully made in solid teak.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Indian oak (Tectona grandis).