different between afrormosia vs teak

English

Etymology

From Afro- +? Ormosia.

Noun

afrormosia (plural afrormosias)

1. Any of the African leguminous trees of the genus Pericopsis (formerly Afrormosia), especially Pericopsis elata; the timber of these trees.

Synonyms

• (tree): African teak
• (timber): African teak

Further reading

• Pericopsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pericopsis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pericopsis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• teek

Etymology

From Portuguese teca, from Malayalam ??????? (t?kk??) or Tamil ?????? (t?kku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

teak (usually uncountable, plural teaks)

1. (uncountable, countable) An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
2. (countable) A tree of the species in the genus Tectona
3. (uncountable) A yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

Derived terms

• teaky
• tough as teak

Translations

Adjective

teak (not comparable)

1. Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

Translations

See also

• afrormosia
• iroko
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• Kate, kate, keta, take

Basque

Noun

teak

1. absolutive plural of te
2. ergative singular of te

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

teak n (plural teaks)

1. teak

Derived terms

• teakhout

Anagrams

• akte

Finnish

Noun

teak

1. teak (timber or tree)

Declension

Synonyms

• tiikki (recommendable)

Anagrams

• ekat, kate, keat