資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Tectona grandis
n : tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa
and tropical America for its hard durable wood [syn: {teak}]