TECTONA GRANDIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tectona grandis mean? 

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

1. tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TECTONA GRANDIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

teak; Tectona grandis

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

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "Tectona grandis"):

teak; teakwood (hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding)

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

genus Tectona; Tectona (small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak)