n., pl. -on•ies,
adj. n.
1. a hard, heavy, durable, dark wood from tropical trees of the African and Asian genus Diospyros, of the ebony family, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
2. any tree yielding such wood.
3. a deep, lustrous black.
adj.
4. made of ebony.
5. of a deep, lustrous black.
