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Teak vs Pallisander - What's the difference?

teak | pallisander |

As nouns the difference between teak and pallisander

is that teak is an extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by species: Tectona grandis (and genus: Tectona spp.) while pallisander is a dense, heavy wood, similar to teak or mahogany.

As an adjective teak

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

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 *

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    pallisander

    English

    Alternative forms

    * palissander, palisander

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a dense, heavy wood, similar to teak or mahogany