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Definition of Diospyros ebenum
1. Noun. Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork.
Group relationships: Diospyros, Genus Diospyros
Terms within: Ebony
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diospyros Ebenum
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 ..."