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4 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
noun tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
originDerived from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).
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