genus Tectona

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Noun

1.genus Tectona - small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teakTectonaasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsfamily Verbenaceae, verbena family, Verbenaceae, vervain family - family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and treesTectona grandis, teak - tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood