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   ebony

   /ˈɛbəni/

   noun

   • 1. heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree.
   • ▪ a very dark brown or black colour: "his smile flashed against the ebony of his skin"
   • 2. a tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions which produces ebony.
   • ▪ used in names of trees that produce timber similar to ebony, e.g. Jamaican ebony or American ebony.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from earlier ebon (via Old French and Latin from Greek ebenos ‘ebony tree’), perhaps on the pattern of ivory.

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