coromandel
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coromandel /ˌkɒrəˈmand(ə)l/
▶noun
- 1 (also coromandel wood or coromandel ebony) a fine-grained, greyish-brown ebony streaked with black, used in furniture; calamander.
- 2 the Sri Lankan tree that yields coromandel. [Diospyros quaesita.]
– origin C19: from the Coromandel Coast, the southern part of India's east coast, from which oriental lacquerware was orig. transported.
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