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 Excæcaria glandulosa.
EBONY
Eb"on*y, a.
Defn: Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony
countenance.
This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling. Poe.
EBRACTEATE
E*brac"te*ate, a. Etym: [Pref. e- + bracteate.] (Bot.)
Defn: Without bracts.
EBRACTEOLATE
E*brac"te*o*late, a. Etym: [Pref. e- + bracteolate.] (Bot.)
Defn: Without bracteoles, or little bracts; — said of a pedicel or flower stalk.
EBRAUKE
E*brau"ke, a. Etym: [L. Hebraicus: cf. F. Hébraïque.]
Defn: Hebrew. [Obs.] Chaucer.
EBRIETY E*bri"e*ty, n.; pl. Ebrieties. Etym: [L. ebrietas, from. ebrius intoxicated: cf. F. ébriéte. Cf. So.]