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Ebony

Ebony Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ebony? [n] a very dark black [n] tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork [n] hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys [adj] very dark black Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ebony: achromatic \| coal black \| Diospyros ebenum \| ebon \| jet black \| pitch black \| sable \| soot black Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ebony: acacia \| ailanthus \| alder \| alligator pear \| allspice \| almond \| apple \| apricot \| ash \| aspen \| atramentous \| avocado \| balsa \| balsam \| banyan \| bass \| basswood \| bay \| bayberry \| beamless \| beech \| beechwood \| betel palm \| birch \| black \| black as coal \| black as ebony \| black as ink \| black as midnight \| black as night \| black race \| blackness \| buckeye \| burl \| butternut \| buttonwood \| cacao \| caliginous \| candleberry \| cashew \| cassia \| catalpa \| charcoal \| cherry \| chestnut \| chinquapin \| cinnamon \| citron \| clove \| coal \| coal-black \| coaly \| coconut \| cork \| cork oak \| crow \| cypress \| dark \| dark as night \| dark as pitch \| darkling \| darkness \| darksome \| deep black \| dogwood \| ebon \| eclipsed \| elder \| elm \| eucalyptus \| fig \| fir \| frankincense \| grapefruit \| guava \| gum \| gumwood \| hawthorn \| hazel \| hemlock \| henna \| hickory \| holly \| hop tree \| horse chestnut \| ink \| ink-black \| inkiness \| inky \| ironwood \| jet \| jetty \| juniper \| kumquat \| laburnum \| lancewood \| larch \| laurel \| lemon \| lime \| linden \| litchi \| litchi nut \| locust \| logwood \| magnolia \| mahogany \| mango \| mangrove \| maple \| medlar \| melanism \| midnight \| mountain ash \| mulberry \| night \| night-black \| night-clad \| night-cloaked \| night-dark \| night-enshrouded \| night-filled \| night-mantled \| night-veiled \| nigrescence \| nigritude \| nigrous \| nutmeg \| oak \| obfuscated \| obscure \| obscured \| occulted \| olive \| orange \| palm \| papaw \| papaya \| peach \| pear \| pecan \| persimmon \| pine \| pistachio \| pitch \| pitch-black \| pitch-dark \| pitchy \| plane \| plum \| pomegranate \| poplar \| quince \| raffia palm \| rain tree \| raven \| raven-black \| rayless \| redwood \| sable \| sandalwood \| sassafras \| senna \| sequoia \| sloe \| sloe-black \| sloe-colored \| smoke \| smut \| soot \| spruce \| starless \| sumac \| sunless \| sycamore \| tangerine \| tar \| tar-black \| tarry \| teak \| tenebrious \| tenebrose \| tenebrous \| tulip tree \| unilluminated \| unlighted \| unlit \| walnut \| willow \| witch hazel \| yew See Also \| black \| blackness \| Diospyros \| ebony \| genus Diospyros \| tree \| wood Ebony In Webster's Dictionary \Eb"ony\, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. ['e]b[`e]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[=i]m, pl. Cf. {Ebon}.] A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green. Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of {Diospyros reticulata}, of the Mauritius. Other species of the same genus ({D. Ebenum}, {Melanoxylon}, etc.), furnish the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree ({Brya Ebenus}), and from the {Exc[ae]caria glandulosa}. \Eb"ony\, a. Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance. This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling. --Poe.

Ebony Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ebony?

[n] a very dark black
[n] tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
[n] hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
[adj] very dark black

Ebony In Webster's Dictionary

\Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. ['e]b[`e]ne, L. ebenus,
fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[=i]m, pl.
Cf. {Ebon}.]
A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine
polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs
red or green.

Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of {Diospyros
      reticulata}, of the Mauritius. Other species of the
      same genus ({D. Ebenum}, {Melanoxylon}, etc.), furnish
      the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West
      Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree ({Brya
      Ebenus}), and from the {Exc[ae]caria glandulosa}.


\Eb"on*y\, a.
Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony
countenance.

      This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling.
                                               --Poe.

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