African oak

noun

1

a

: an African timber tree (Oldfieldia africana) of the family Euphorbiaceae that yields a very heavy hard teaklike reddish brown or purplish brown timber

b

: the wood of this tree

called also African teak

2

: ekki

Word History

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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