ebony : Idioms & Phrases

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ebony family

  • noun fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon
    family Ebenaceae; Ebenaceae.
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ebony spleenwort

  • noun common North American fern with polished black stripes
    Scott's Spleenwort; Asplenium platyneuron.
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ebony tree

  • noun tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
    ebony; Diospyros ebenum.
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Green ebony

  • . (a) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony.
Webster 1913

little ebony spleenwort

  • noun fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil
    black-stem spleenwort; black-stemmed spleenwort.
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Mountain ebony

  • noun small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood
    Bauhinia variegata; orchid tree.
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  • (Bot.), a small leguminous tree (Bauhinia variegata) of the East and West Indies; so called because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and in tanning.
Webster 1913

Red ebony

  • . (Bot.) See Grenadillo.
Webster 1913