ebonies

Variant of ebony

ebony definition

eb·ony (eb′ə nē)

noun pl. ebonies -·on·ies

  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

Etymology: 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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