ebontree

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noun

ebony wood

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Meanings

nounebontree (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableebony wood

    These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone; smyris, ivory, bones, ebontree, cedar, cypress, pitch, softer rosin, […]

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Origin

From ebon + tree.

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APA

ebontree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ebontree

MLA

“ebontree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ebontree. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ebontree,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ebontree.

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