Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ceylon ebony

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: cey-lon e-bony
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Diospyros ebenum, a species of tree in the genus Diospyros and the family Ebenaceae, which produces valuable black wood.

Inflected Forms

Ceylon ebonies (plural)

Synonyms

India ebony

Questions

What does ceylon ebony mean?: Any member of the species Diospyros ebenum, a species of tree in the genus Diospyros and the family Ebenaceae, which produces valuable black wood.

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