n.;
☞ The finest black ebony is the heartwood of Diospyros reticulata, of the Mauritius. Other species of the same genus (D. Ebenum, Melanoxylon, etc.), furnish the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree (Brya Ebenus), and from the Excæcaria glandulosa. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black;
This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]