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1. Of a very dark black
   - ebon

1. A very dark black
   - coal black, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black
    
2. Hard dark-coloured heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
    
3. Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-coloured heartwood used in cabinetwork
   - ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum

Derived forms: ebonies

See also: achromatic, neutral

Type of: black, blackness, inkiness, tree, wood

Part of: Diospyros, genus Diospyros

Encyclopedia: Ebony, Kent