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Tectona

noun

small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak

• Syn: ↑genus Tectona

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Verbenaceae, ↑family Verbenaceae, ↑verbena family, ↑vervain family

• Member Meronyms: ↑teak, ↑Tectona grandis

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\\tekˈtōnə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, perhaps from Greek tektōn carpenter; from its use in carpentry

: a small genus of trees (family Verbenaceae) of India, Malaysia, and the Philippines having entire woolly leaves and paniculate cymes of small white or bluish flowers — see teak

Useful english dictionary. 2012.