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Ebony is a dense black–brown hardwood, coming from several species in the genus Diospyros, which also includes the persimmon. A few Diospyros species, such as macassar and mun ebony, are …

The meaning of EBONY is a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family).

EBONY definition: a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, …

Ebony wood is highly prized for its smooth, glossy black color and extreme density. Freshly cut ebony wood has a black interior that polishes to a lustrous finish.

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The young man standing in front of me had thick, rich ebony hair and bronze skin.