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Definition of: ebony
(eb′ən·ē) noun plural ·on·ies
1. A hard, heavy wood, usually black, used for cabinetwork, etc. It is furnished by various species of a tropical genus (Diospyros) of hardwood trees.
2. Any tree of this genus, especially D. ebenum of Ceylon and Southern India.
—adjective Made of ebony; ebonylike. [<L hebeninus <Gk. hebeninos of ebony <ebenos ebony <Egyptian hebni]
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