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ebontree

ebontree noun: ebony wood.

Noun

ebontree (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) ebony 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...

Origin of ebontree

From ebon + tree.

Questions about ebontree

What does ebontree mean?
Ebontree means ebony wood.
What part of speech is ebontree?
Ebontree is a noun.

Words near ebontree in the dictionary

  1. ebonized
  2. ebonizes
  3. ebonizing
  4. ebonly
  5. ebons
  6. ebontree
  7. ebony
  8. ebony boghaunter
  9. ebony boghaunters
  10. ebony bug
  11. ebony bugs

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