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TECTONA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak
Synonyms:
genus Tectona; Tectona
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tectona" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Tectona"):
teak; Tectona grandis (tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood)
Holonyms ("Tectona" is a member of...):
family Verbenaceae; verbena family; Verbenaceae; vervain family (family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees)