ebony

noun

• 1 [mass noun] heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree.
• [mass noun] a very dark brown or black colour: [as modifier]:his ebony hair

• 2a tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions which produces ebony.

  • Genera Diospyros and Euclea, family Ebenaceae: numerous species, in particular D. ebenum
• used in names of trees of other families which produce timber similar to ebony, e.g. Jamaican (or American) ebony.