different between calamander vs ebony

English

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæl??mænd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæl??mænd?/
• Hyphenation: cal?a?man?der

Etymology

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Noun

calamander (usually uncountable, plural calamanders)

1. A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a kind of ebony obtained from species of Diospyros, especially the Diospyros quaesita.

Synonyms

• coromandel wood, coromandel

Anagrams

• Land camera

English

Etymology

From earlier hebeny, from Middle English ebenif, hebenyf (influenced by Late Latin hebeninus), from Ecclesiastical Latin ebenius (“of ebony”), from Latin hebenus (“ebon tree”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj,

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??b.?n.i/

Noun

ebony (usually uncountable, plural ebonies)

1. (uncountable) A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
2. (countable) A tree that yields such wood.
3. (countable and uncountable) A deep, dark black colour.

4. (slang, countable) A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument.

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Adjective

ebony (comparative more ebony, superlative most ebony)

1. Made of ebony wood.
2. A deep, dark black colour.
3. Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.
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Translations

See also

• calamander
• cocuswood
• tendu
• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• ebony on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Boney, Boyne, Bynoe, boney