[eb.o.ny] n, pl -nies [prob. fr. LL hebeninus of ebony, fr. Gk ebeninos, fr. ebenos ebony, fr. Egypt hbnj] (14c) 1: a hard heavy wood yielded by various Old World tropical dicotyledonous trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebonaceae, the ebony family)
2. a: a tree yielding ebony b: any of several trees yielding wood like ebony
[2]ebony adj (1598) 1: made of or resembling ebony
2: black, dark