TEAKWOOD Synonyms

• wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture

• any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish

• a shade of brown with a tinge of red

• wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

• any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

• the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

• a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves

• hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork

• any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black

• nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell

• hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling

• any of various trees of the genus Juglans

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

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