teak

noun

1. a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
2. the wood of this tree.
3. any of various similar trees or woods.

noun

1. a large verbenaceous tree, Tectona grandis, of the East Indies, having white flowers and yielding a valuable dense wood
2. the hard resinous yellowish-brown wood of this tree, used for furniture making, etc
3. any of various similar trees or their wood
4. a brown or yellowish-brown colour

n.type of East Indian tree, 1690s, from Portuguese teca, from Malayam tekka, corresponding to Tamil tekku, Telugu teku, Kanarese tegu.