Found 3 hits - Term: brya ebenus, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
granadillo \gran`adil"lo\ n. bot.
a west indian tree brya ebenus yielding a fine grade of
green ebony.
syn: granadilla tree, brya ebenus.
wordnet 1.5
see also:
brya ebenus
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ebony \eb"ony\, n.; pl. ebonies. f. 'eb`ene, l. ebenus,
fr. gr. ?; prob. of semitic origin; cf. heb. hobnimacm, pl.
cf. ebon.
a hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine
polish or gloss. the usual color is black, but it also occurs
red or green.
1913 webster
note: the finest black ebony is the heartwood of diospyros
reticulata, of the mauritius. other species of the
same genus d. ebenum, melanoxylon, etc., furnish
the ebony of the east indies and ceylon. the west
indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree brya
ebenus, and from the excaecaria glandulosa.
1913 webster
see also:
ebonies ebon diospyros reticulata d. ebenum melanoxylon brya ebenus
excaecaria glandulosa
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
brya ebenus
n : west indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony syn:
granadilla tree, granadillo
see also:
granadilla tree granadillo
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