teak : Idioms & Phrases

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African oak ∨ African teak

  • a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building.
Webster 1913

African teak

  • a tree (Oldfieldia Africana) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; called also African oak.
Webster 1913

New Zeland teak

  • a large tree (Vitex littoralis) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.
Webster 1913