Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: achromatic, coal black, Diospyros ebenum, ebon, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black

See Also: black, blackness, Diospyros, ebony, genus Diospyros, tree, wood

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