The Collaborative International Dictionary
Teak \Teak\ (t[=e]k), n. [Malayalam tekku.] (Bot.) 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. [Written also teek.]
African teak, a tree ( Oldfieldia Africana) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called also African oak.
New Zeland teak, a large tree ( Vitex littoralis) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.
African \Af"ri*can\, a. [L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer African.] Of or pertaining to Africa.
African hemp, a fiber prepared from the leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and India.
African marigold, a tropical American plant ( Tagetes erecta).
African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building.
African violet .
African-American, see African-American.
Wikipedia
African teak is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
- Baikiaea plurijuga, native to the northern Kalahari
- Milicia excelsa, also known as iroko, native to Africa from the Ivory Coast to Ethiopia and south to Angola and Mozambique
- Pericopsis elata, also known as afrormosia, native to western Africa from the Ivory Coast to the Congo
- Pterocarpus angolensis, native to southern Africa from Tanzania and Zaire south to South Africa
Usage examples of "african teak".
There was a long table under the windows, covered with reports and despatches and parliamentary papers, and a desk of red African teak in the centre of the uncarpeted stone floor.
The way was through a forest of African teak wood, immense trees which seemed to tower to the very skies.
The first flight was of terrazzo tile and had a banister of African teak.