Definition of Diospyros ebenum

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

Exact synonyms: Ebony, Ebony Tree
Group relationships: Diospyros, Genus Diospyros
Terms within: Ebony
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diospyros Ebenum

Dionysus
Diophantine
Diophantine equation
Diophantine equations
Diophantus
Dior
Dioscorea alata
Dioscorea batata
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea elephantipes
Dioscorea paniculata
Dioscorea trifida
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscuri
Diospyros
Diospyros ebenum
Diospyros kaki
Diospyros kurzii
Diospyros lotus
Diospyros virginiana
DipIT
Dipetalonema reconditum
Dipetalonema streptocerca
Diphda
Diphylla
Diphylla ecaudata
Diphyllobothrium cordatum
Diphyllobothrium latum
Diphyllobothrium linguloides
Diphyllobothrium mansoni

Literary usage of Diospyros ebenum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"... syn. of diospyros ebenum, Linn. Diospyros glutinosa, Кои., syn. of Diospyros ... Rumph, syn. of diospyros ebenum, Linn. Diospyros glutinosa, Л'а-n., ..."

2. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"... very fine and even-grained, durable. Used for inlaying flutes, flageolets, etc. Ebony, Bombay, Ceylon and Siam (diospyros ebenum Konig, ..."

3. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"diospyros ebenum, Koenig.* Ceylon, where it furnishes the best kind of Ebony wood. It is not uncommon up to an elevation of 5000 feet in that island, ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... logs of its heart- wood, two feet in diameter, and varying from ten Ebony (Diospyros Ebenum). to fifteen feet in length, are easily procured. ..."

5. The Biblical Repository and Classical Review. by American Biblical Repository (1841)
"Ebony is the heart-wood of a tree called, in botanical language, diospyros ebenum, or the ebony tree—a native of India. Its great hardness made it an ..."

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