diospyros reticulata

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diospyros reticulata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ebony \Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. Ebonies. [F. ['e]b[`e]ne, L. ebenus,
     fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[imac]m, pl.
     Cf. Ebon.]
     A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine
     polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs
     red or green.
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     Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of Diospyros reticulata
           , of the Mauritius. Other species of the
           same genus (D. Ebenum, Melanoxylon, etc.), furnish
           the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West
           Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree (Brya Ebenus
           ), and from the Exc[ae]caria glandulosa.
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