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ebony

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ebony /ˈɛb(ə)ni/

▶noun

1 heavy blackish or very dark brown wood from a tree of tropical and warm regions.

2 the tree which produces ebony. [Diospyros ebenum (India and Sri Lanka) and other species.]

3 a very dark brown or black colour.

– origin ME: from earlier ebon (via OFr. and L. from Gk ebenos ‘ebony tree’), perh. on the pattern of ivory.

'ebony' also found in these Oxford entries:

calamander - coromandel - ebon - Ebonics - ebonized - tendu leaf

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