Definition: teak

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

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

Source: 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.