TECTONA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tectona mean? 

• TECTONA (noun)
  The noun TECTONA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak

  Familiarity information: TECTONA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TECTONA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Tectona; Tectona

Hypernyms ("Tectona" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Tectona"):

teak; Tectona grandis (tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood)

Holonyms ("Tectona" is a member of...):

family Verbenaceae; verbena family; Verbenaceae; vervain family (family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees)