TEAKWOOD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding

Synonyms:

teak; teakwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("teakwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("teakwood" is a substance of...):

teak; Tectona grandis (tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood)

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