[teek] 
| 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. |
| teak (tēk) n.
[Portuguese teca, from Malayalam tēkka.] teak adj. |