tectona grandis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Tectona grandis
    n 1: tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa
         and tropical America for its hard durable wood [syn:
         {teak}, {Tectona grandis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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}.]
   [1913 Webster]

   {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.
      [1913 Webster]