I. ˈe-bə-nē noun
( plural -nies )
Etymology: probably from Late Latin hebeninus of ebony, from Greek ebeninos, from ebenos ebony, from Egyptian hbnj
Date: 1597
1. : a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family)
2.
a. : a tree yielding ebony
b. : any of several trees yielding wood like ebony
II. adjective
Date: 1597
1. : made of or resembling ebony
2. : black , dark