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CALAMANDER

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cal⋅a⋅man⋅der

  [kal-uh-man-der]
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–noun
the hard, mottled brown and black wood of any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, used for cabinetwork.
Origin:
1795–1805; perh. metathetic var. of coromandel
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cal·a·man·der   (kāl'ə-mān'dər)   
n.  The hard, black-and-brown-striped wood of certain tropical Asian trees of the genus Diospyros, especially D. quaesita of Sri Lanka, used for making furniture.

[Probably from Dutch kalamanderhout, calamander wood, perhaps from alteration of Coromandel Coast.]
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