teak

English Thesaurus

1. tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	tree,
definition	:	a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus tectona, tectona,
definition	:	small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	teak, teakwood,
definition	:	hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding (noun.plant)

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

hypernym	:	wood,
definition	:	the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	teak, tectona grandis,
definition	:	tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood (noun.plant)