'Brya Ebenus' definitions:
Definition of 'Brya ebenus'
From: WordNet
noun
West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony [syn: granadilla tree, granadillo, Brya ebenus]
Definition of 'Brya ebenus'
From: GCIDE
- granadillo \gran`a*dil"lo\ n. (Bot.) A West Indian tree (Brya ebenus) yielding a fine grade of green ebony.
- Syn: granadilla tree, Brya ebenus. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Brya ebenus'
From: GCIDE
- granadillo \gran`a*dil"lo\ n. (Bot.) A West Indian tree (Brya ebenus) yielding a fine grade of green ebony.
- Syn: granadilla tree, Brya ebenus. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Brya Ebenus'
From: GCIDE
- Ebony \Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. Ebonies. [F. ['e]b[`e]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[imac]m, 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 Exc[ae]caria glandulosa. [1913 Webster]