/
ˈɛb(ə)ni/
n.
- heavy blackish or very dark brown wood from a tree of tropical and warm regions.
- the tree which produces ebony.
[Diospyros ebenum (India and Sri Lanka) and other species.]
- a very dark brown or black colour.
Etymology
ME: from earlier ebon (via OFr. and L. from Gk ebenos ‘ebony tree’), perh. on the pattern of ivory.
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