teak
noun
- type of wood
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /tiːk/
adj
Etymology: Derived from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).
- Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.
noun
Etymology: Derived from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).
- An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
- A tree of the species in the genus Tectona.
- A yellowish brown colour, like that of teakwood.