Tropical hardwood Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
2. tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HARDWOOD (noun)
1. the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
TROPICAL (adjective)
1. relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
2. of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics

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