coromandel
[ kawr-uh-man-dl, kor- ]
noun
the hard, brownish wood of a tropical Asian tree, Diospyros melanoxylon.
the tree itself.
Origin of coromandel
11835–45; after the Coromandel Coast; cf. calamander
- Also called coromandel ebony.
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