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ebony

Any of a group of hardwood trees belonging to the ebony family, especially some tropical persimmons native to Africa and Asia. (Genus chiefly Diospyros, family Ebenaceae.)

Their very heavy, hard, black timber polishes well and is used in cabinetmaking and inlaying; for piano keys and violin fingerboards, chin rests, and pegs; and for sculpture.

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Black Rod date plum Ebony Concerto Everly Brothers, the Fowles, John Robert Goodman, Benny Johnson, John Harold Malabar Coast mute New Guinea persimmon Powys, Llewelyn Sierra Maestra Stravinsky, Igor Fyodorovich timber			Persimmon is the only American ebony and also one of the few woods with a sapwood that is used commercially along with its heartwood. Three wood: persimmon, known for its durability and high impact ... by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products Family Names Diospyros virginiana of the Family Ebenaceae Other names Bara-bara, common persimmon, American ebony, white ebony, boa wood, butter wood, possum wood, cylil date plum and Virginia date palm. Persimmon: the ebony of America by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products			Amendment, Twentieth Amendment, Twenty-Fifth Amendment, Twenty-First Amendment, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Twenty-Second Amendment, Twenty-Seventh Amendment, Twenty-Sixth Amendment, Twenty-Third amener Amenhotep III Amenia amenorrhoea Amentet Amerbach, Johannes America America Online America's Cup America: colonial history to 1783 American Academy of Art and Letters American Anti-Slavery Society American Arbitration Service American Association for the Advancement of Science American Ballet Theater American Civil War American Civil War (1861–65) American ebony American Expeditionary Force American Federation of Labor American football American Fork American Indian art American Indian migration theory American Indian religions American Indian removal and resettlement American Legion American literature American musical terminology American National Standards Institute American organ American Revolution American Revolutionary War (1775–83) American River American Samoa American Scene American System, the americium Americus Amerindian Amériques Amersfoort Amersham			American Driving Society American Drug Free Powerlifting Association American Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation American Drum Horse Association American Drum Line Association American Druze Society American Dry Bean Board American Dry Milk Institute American Dry Pea and Lentil Association American Dutch Rabbit Club American dwarf birch American Dwarf Hotot Rabbit Club American Dye Manufacturers Institute American eagle American eagle American Eagle (disambiguation) American Eagle Credit Union American Eagle Federal Credit Union American Eagle Foundation American Eagle Instruments American Eagle Motorcycle Company, Inc. American Eagle Outfitters American Eagle Outfitters Inc. American Eagle Systems American eagles American ebony American Ecological Engineering Society American Economic Association American Economic Association American Economic Association American Economic Association American Economic Association Committee on Economic Education American Economic Development Council American economic history American Economic Review American Education Association American Education Finance Association American Education Institute American Education Online American Education Reaches Out American Education Reform Foundation American Educational History Journal American Educational Research Association American Educational Research Journal American Educational Services Inc. American Educators Association of Okinawa American eel American Egg Board American egret American Egyptian Cooperation Foundation American Elasmobranch Society American elder American elder American Electric Lighting

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