ebonies

noun pl. ebonies

1. the hard, heavy, dark, durable wood of any of various trees, esp. of a group of persimmons native to tropical Africa, Asia, and Sri Lanka: it is used for furniture and decorative woodwork
2. any tree that yields this wood

Origin: ME ebenif < LL(Ec) ebenius < ebenus: see ebon

adjective

1. made of ebony
2. like ebony, esp. in color; dark or black
3. designating a family (Ebenaceae, order Ebenales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees and shrubs, including the persimmon