- Ebony (disambiguation)
Ebony can refer to:
* Originally, thetree speciesEbony ("Diospyros ebenum") and the blackwood derived from it.
* Inbotany , the name is also applied to a number of other related species in the genus "Diospyros ", particularly those which also have black wood, but also some that have pale-streaked wood:
**African Ebony "Diospyros crassiflora"
**Black Ebony "Diospyros dendo"
**Coromandel Ebony "Diospyros melanoxylon"
**East Indian Ebony "Diospyros inclusa"
**Macassar Ebony "Diospyros celebica"
** "Diospyros ebenaster"
** "Diospyros mindanaensis"
** "Diospyros montana"
** "Diospyros piscatoria"
** "Diospyros pyrrhocarpa"
** "Diospyros quaesita"
*The ebony woods euphemism invented by the slave traders to refer to the black slaves
* On the island ofSt Helena it is the vernacular name of "Trochetiopsis ebenus " (the St Helena ebony), where the dark coloured wood is used for local inlay work.
* In thetimber trade, the name has also been mis-applied to a number of other unrelated black-coloured woods* Ebony magazine
*Ebony cameras
* Ebony, Prince Lumen's battle spider inSpider Riders
*Ebony White is the sidekick of comics characterThe Spirit
*Ebony and Ivory
* Part ofStone-cum-Ebony , a civil parish in Kent
*Ebony, a fictional character from "The Tribe". She was played byMeryl Cassie .ee also
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African Blackwood ("Dalbergia melanoxylon") is often mistaken for Ebony as it is a dense fine grained black wood, but Ebony is matte black as opposed to African Blackwood which has a reflective translucent quality in its grain. Both timbers are decorative and valuable and used inmusical instrument s; African Blackwood inclarinet s and similar woodwind instruments because of its tonal quality and Ebony forpiano keys,violin finger boards,tuning peg s andchinrest s and in some guitar fretboards because of its tonal qualities and resistance to wear.
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