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EBONY TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ebony tree mean?
• EBONY TREE (noun)
The noun EBONY TREE has 1 sense:
1. tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
Familiarity information: EBONY TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Diospyros ebenum; ebony; ebony tree
Hypernyms ("ebony tree" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (substance of "ebony tree"):
ebony (hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys)
Holonyms ("ebony tree" is a member of...):
Diospyros; genus Diospyros (a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood)
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