[eb-uh-nee] 
noun, plural -on⋅ies, adjective | 1. | 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, ornamental objects, etc. |
| 2. | any tree yielding such wood. |
| 3. | any of various similar woods or trees. |
| 4. | a deep, lustrous black. |
| eb·on·y (ěb'ə-nē) n. pl. eb·on·ies
[Probably from Middle English hebenyf, ebony wood, from alteration of Late Latin hebeninus, of ebony, from Greek ebeninos, from ebenos, ebony tree, from Egyptian hbny.] |
Ebony
a black, hard wood, brought by the merchants from India to Tyre (Ezek. 27:15). It is the heart-wood, brought by Diospyros ebenus, which grows in Ceylon and Southern India.
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