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Iroko vs Teak - What's the difference?

iroko | teak |

As nouns the difference between iroko and teak

is that iroko is a hardwood obtained from several African trees of the genus genus: Chlorophora while teak is an extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by species: Tectona grandis (and genus: Tectona spp.).

As an adjective teak is

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

iroko

English

Noun

(wikipedia iroko) (en noun)
  • A hardwood obtained from several African trees of the genus .

    • Anagrams

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    teak

    English

    (wikipedia teak)

    Noun

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

    • Derived terms

    * tough as teak

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

    • See also

    * afrormosia * iroko *

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