hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
source: WordNet 3.0
tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
source: WordNet 3.0
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.
