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Well-known trees such as magnolias are among the most threatened, with oaks, maple and ebonies also at risk.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
Oak trees, maple trees and ebonies also face threats, the report said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2021
The final space features seven sculptures, carved from Texan and Gabon ebonies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Soon the husband returned with the little girl and boy, and four young ebonies, all bare-headed, and dressed alike, in thick trousers, and a loose linsey shirt.
From Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time by James R. Gilmore
Instead of the laurel-leaved trees of various kinds, we have African ebonies, acacias, and mimosae: the grass is shorter and more sparse, and we can move along without wood-cutting.
From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Horace Waller
