ebonies in English

noun
1
heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree.
During Victorian times, the use of more exotic timbers like mahogany and ebony became popular, meaning trees were exported from Africa, Asia and the Americas.
2
a tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions that produces ebony.
Many of the islands are mountainous and heavily forested with teak, ebony , and sandalwood.
noun

Use "ebonies" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "ebonies" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "ebonies", or refer to the context using the word "ebonies" in the English Dictionary.

1. These 2,500 square kilometres of river frontage, islands, sandbanks and pools, flanked by forests of mahogany, wild figs, ebonies and baobabs, is one of the least developed national parks in Southern Africa.