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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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For a botanists description of the American ebonies, Donald Culross Peattie writes, "The persimmons, our American representative of the Ebony genus--display alternate, simple, untoothed leaves and unisexual flowers, commonly all of one sex on a single tree, but sometimes the sexes
Persimmon: the ebony of America by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products
However, despite their very dark heartwood, all ebonies have a very light
Macassar ebony by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products
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