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EBONY TREE

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• 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.

• EBONY TREE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Diospyros ebenum; ebony tree; ebony

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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