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Diospyros — chloroxylon Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Ebony (disambiguation) — Ebony can refer to: * Originally, the tree species Ebony ( Diospyros ebenum ) and the black wood derived from it. * In botany, the name is also applied to a number of other related species in the genus Diospyros , particularly those which also… … Wikipedia
Calamander wood — or Coromandel wood is a valuable wood from India, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and South East Asia. It is of a hazel brown color, with black stripes (or the other way about), very heavy and hard. It is also known as Macassar Ebony or variegated ebony and… … Wikipedia
Minneriya National Park — IUCN Category II (National Park) A flock of birds near the Minneriy … Wikipedia
coromandel — [ˌkɒrə mand(ə)l] noun 1》 (also coromandel wood or coromandel ebony) a fine grained, greyish brown ebony streaked with black, used in furniture; calamander. 2》 the Sri Lankan tree that yields coromandel. [Diospyros quaesita.] adjective denoting a… … English new terms dictionary
calamander — /kæləˈmændə/ (say kaluh manduh) noun the hard wood of a tree, Diospyros quaesita, of Sri Lanka and India, used for cabinetwork. {metathetic variant of Coromandel Coast, in SE India} …
ÉBÉNALES — Deux familles principales, Ébénacées et Sapotacées, constituent l’ordre des Ébénales. Si chacune présente des caractères généraux bien particuliers, par contre les genres chez les Sapotacées et les espèces chez les Ébénacées sont restés pendant… … Encyclopédie Universelle
calamander — noun Etymology: probably from Dutch kalamanderhout calamander wood Date: 1804 the hazel brown black striped wood of a southeast Asian tree (genus Diospyros and especially D. quaesita) that is used in furniture manufacturing … New Collegiate Dictionary
