English noun: ebony |
1. | ebony (attribute) a very dark black |
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| Synonyms | coal black, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black |
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| Broader (hypernym) | black, blackness, inkiness |
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2. | ebony (plant) hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wood |
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| Substance meronym | Diospyros ebenum, ebony, ebony tree |
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3. | ebony (plant) tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork |
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| Synonyms | Diospyros ebenum, ebony tree |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tree |
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| Member meronym | Diospyros, genus Diospyros |
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| Substance holonym | ebony |
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