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coromandel

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cor⋅o⋅man⋅del

[kawr-uh-man-dl, kor-]
–noun
1. the hard, brownish wood of a tropical Asian tree, Diospyros melanoxylon.
2. the tree itself.
Also called coromandel ebony.


Origin:
1835–45; after the Coromandel coast; cf. calimander
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