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    TEAK

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable woodplay

    Synonyms:

    teak; Tectona grandis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Meronyms (substance of "teak"):

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

    Holonyms ("teak" is a member of...):

    genus Tectona; Tectona (small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    teak; teakwood

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Holonyms ("teak" 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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